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A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide

Clean Fleet Report

A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide Essential Tools and Tips to Get You Started This article may contain affiliate links. Essential Tools for Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Understanding which quality mechanics tools and other essential supplies you need is the first step in DIY maintenance.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

Cars That Think

Participants installed the IoTIZER on a range of products, including consumer appliances and devices as well as various items around the home, including a recliner and a door lock. Recent technological developments are introducing personal service robots into the home. Well, I can just put it there and check.".

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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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If your Tesla starts to stink like cheesy feet, this is what you have to do

Baua Electric

This DIY approach can be daunting for some owners who prefer a more hands-off relationship with their EVs or lack the technical know-how to carry out the task themselves. You have to lie in an awkward position on the passenger seat floor to get the job done, and one person has to hold the flashlight.

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

Cars That Think

It’s nearly impossible to find a household today that doesn’t have at least one connected smart home device installed. It redefined the home security space by introducing wireless, DIY products and pioneered giving customers the ability to monitor their homes via a smartphone app.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

If you think about the blind person, you know having a mouse isn’t very useful because they can’t see where the pointer is. Everything that a sighted person can see visually, you can hear aurally with a screen reader. And I would have had to do a lot more work to find specialists who would install it on my computer for me.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 10/1/2013 Big EV Grin

DIY Electric Car

I like to use 1st and 2nd personally. I still need to get the car on a set of scales, but based on weighing the components I removed from the car before recycling them, and weighing the new parts before they were installed, I am estimating the car is about 240 pounds lighter than the stock model.