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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

Green Car Congress

American Honda Motor Co., will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. Honda Smart Home US. Honda Smart Home US.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Selling User Data for Pennies, Senators Ask FTC to Get Involved

The Truth About Cars

Markey, the document pertains to data broker Verisk and an earlier story that roped in several major manufacturers. In March, General Motors, Honda Motor Co, and Hyundai Motor Group were previously criticized for having sold customer data accumulated by the telematics software equipped to modern vehicles. Penned by U.S.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. The Saturn came up a distant second, but everyone agreed that the Civic was the best. Damn the torpedoes. Here we go.

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Junkyard Find: 1977 Volkswagen Westfalia Campmobile

The Truth About Cars

This is the first discarded T2 Westfalia I've documented, but I've found several T3 aka Vanagon Westfalias during my junkyard travels ( plus a few non-Westy T2s along the way ). Other companies built camper conversions of the T2 over the years, but this one appears to be a real Westfalia.

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Let the Conversion.Begin!

Open Source Civic EV Kit

The conversion process has started and the Civic is out of commission and up on jack stands. The electric 914 has been relegated to the driveway until the conversion is done or at least until I roll that sucker out of the garage. Classic Red 914 AC vs. Modern Blue Civic DC conversion! Today was loads of fun. It's an EV faceoff!

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Clockwise vs Counter Clockwise

Honda S2000 EV Conversion

First was a document with a few warnings and guidelines. The motor comes ready for CCW rotation which is good for most vehicles, except Honda as they run in CW rotation. After unpacking the motor I found a few things that EV America put in there for me. I contacted EV America and they gave me a walk through on changing the motor.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A

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