From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Doctor David Delman’s Electric DeLorean

December 29, 2009

If you haven’t seen this video before, it wouldn’t surprise me. As I write this, the video only has 173 views on YouTube. I stumbled upon it in the “RELATED VIDEOS” and had to watch. Not only does the car have a flux capacitor, it also has a touch-screen interface for a built-in computer, and […]

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Chris’ Electric Motorcycle first power-up with speed control

December 22, 2009

While I was only able to stop by for a while at the last Milwaukee Electric Car Club meeting, I did bring with the Magura twist-grip from my cycle to loan to Chris. He only had to do a few more things to get the cycle up and running – install the fuse and shunt, […]

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EV Battery Monitoring System

December 21, 2009

Yesterday, I was able to briefly stop by the Milwaukee Electric Car Club. Lot’s of things were going on – EV motorcycle and Trike construction, conversion of a snow-blower to electric, and some work on the custom battery monitoring system for Tom’s AC Dodge Neon. I just grabbed a quick shot of the LCD Display […]

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Electric Car Dealership X-mas TV Commercial

December 11, 2009

While stumbling through some posts over on the Ecomodder.com forums, I ran across this video of a television commercial for Electric Cars you can buy right now. Was it a Volt? A Leaf? A Tesla? Nope, no, and hell no. It was for a small dealer who carries Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs).If you aren’t familiar […]

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011 Electric Car Conversion: Freeway Test Drive

December 8, 2009

We take Tom’s electric car out on the interstate.It drives great! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Jay Leno – A2B Electric Bike

December 4, 2009

I finally got around to watching the latest episode of Jay Leno’s garage. On it, he features a very slick electric bike, the A2B. Watch the video here, or go straight to http://www.ultramotor.com to check out specs, images, and more on this cool electric bike. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz […]

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Fund-raising Eco-Challenge: Rickshaw!

December 4, 2009

Green transportation for those who need it. Enough said. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Mer-Chevy Transmission and Flywheel removal

December 4, 2009

Here’s a video of what I have been up to lately on the Mer-Chevy Benz project. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Battery Warmer – part 2

December 2, 2009

While I built a battery warmer for the Electro-Metro a while back, I never got it installed. There was some sort of a problem that was setting off the GFI on my charging power outlet AND the GFI in the car. I took the cover off the warmer, fixed the problem, and installed the warmer […]

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Electro-Metro gets new hub caps

December 1, 2009

Today, I picked up some cheap hub caps at the auto parts store. They are just plastic, nothing special, but I think the car looks a little nicer with them. Car with just painted rims (which are rusting….) This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is […]

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