From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Electric Car passes Emissions Testing!

January 6, 2009

What a day. Had to get up and hitch up the ol’ Metro to the S10 for an hour’s drive into the city. I misplaced one of the cotter pins for the Metro tow bar, so I used a stock one from a bin of them I had. The type where you poke them through […]

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EV Dodge Neon Conversion: Battery Boxes

January 4, 2009

Today, Tom, Rich, Brian and I worked on battery boxes for Tom’s Dodge Neon EV conversion. Tom had spent the week working on designing and building the battery boxes, complete with welding jigs. The boxes are hefty, galvanized sheet metal, bent into a U-shape, with dividers, and threaded rod welded on. There are six boxes […]

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The 144V Open Source EV Controller.

January 3, 2009

Of all the interesting people I have met in my Eco-Adventures, many of them are from over the internet. I only know them by screen name and YouTube video. Yet at the same time, many of these people have been amazingly supportive and helpful in my projects. One of these people is Paul. This summer […]

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New Years Resolution – No More Gas!!!

January 3, 2009

I started thinking about this a while ago. The electric car has been great, but I would really like to take it further. I really want to go all the way and get completely OFF GASOLINE. I’m still not sure how to do it, but bio-diesel and waste vegetable oil seem like to best options […]

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