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I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golfcart motor,” he explained. “I They had created two new natural gas units to replace the older coal-fired units. I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.”
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I bet a used Stanley Steamer didn’t fetch much in 1925 when gas stations made it to every street corner. They are either glorified golfcart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. Boones natural gas ( CNG ) plans. gallons of gas every 1000 miles. Electric cars a still a joke.
Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. By the time he finally, and happily, got rid of it, he said the friggin piece of junk used more gas than his small Honda because tow trucks get crappy milage. The management at GM are liars.
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