Towing with the Ice Scooter

February 15, 2014

This afternoon, I was able to get back out on the ice again. I had tested towing a sled last time, and was pretty confident that I wasn’t going to flip it over. So, this time, I had the Little Girl and her Mother with me. I loaded the Little Girl up into the sled […]

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Ice Scooter

February 12, 2014

The last few days, I’ve been working on a little winter transportation project – THE ICE SCOOTER! This project got in my head when I saw a pair of ice skates sitting right next to a Razor brand kick scooter at the thrift store. I couldn’t help but think what a scooter might look like […]

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Real-World ELECTRIC SCOOTER

January 27, 2014

Here in the Midwest, it seems like we’re the LAST to get EVs. That’s one of many reasons that I was excited to see FLUX MOPEDS, an EV start-up in Madison, Wisconsin. Flux was founded by two smart guys who saw the need for some simple and clean local transportation. The Flux scooter is designed […]

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DIY Polish Electric Motorcycle – No Joke!

December 9, 2013

So, how many Polish guys does it take to make an Electric Motorcycle? Just one, with motivation and the help of a few of his friends. Sorry, no punch-line there, just a really cool project. I got a message from Krzysztof “Chris” Kupiec about how he built an electric motorcycle after seeing a YouTube video of […]

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Mr. Plow vs. the Frozen Tundra

November 27, 2013

   I think I’ve started a new annual tradition…. It involves me, a sled, and steel implements frozen to the ground in my backyard. Today, I finally felt like I was starting to catch back up on my work,  and it was sunny outside. Since we had our first real snow two days ago, it […]

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How To: EV from Scratch

November 17, 2013

  One question I sometimes get asked is “Why don’t you just build an electric car from scratch?” The short answer is because I don’t know how to build a car from scratch. I’ve never done it before. Besides that, there are also a number of considerations as to expense, safety, insurance and registration, and […]

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Book Review: ingenious

November 6, 2013

I just finished reading INGENIOUS, by Jason Fagone. The first thing that I can tell you is that it is NOT a book about the Automotive X-Prize. It’s about motivation; people and what drives them. I’ve heard it said that “All stories are about people.” I’d take that even further and say that technology is […]

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The Lowdown on Getting Jack’d Up

November 3, 2013

Yipes. What a day. Losing my main transportation and getting a ticket to boot! Fortunately, my brother, Wayne, was able to stop over the next morning for us to tackle the repair together. After jacking up the truck (a challenge with the bumper sitting on the ground) we were able to pull off the wheel […]

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Too Damn Low!

November 2, 2013

“Honey, the good news is that I’m not hurt.” No good phone conversation ever starts that way, but I found these words coming out of my mouth while standing on the side of the road on dreary October afternoon. But to get a better sense of this story, we have to start back a few […]

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Brammo Empulse Review

October 1, 2013

Yesterday, I had a chance to test-ride a Brammo Empulse. This commercially available electric motorcycle is high-performance, boasting up to 100-mile range per charge and over 100 MPH top speed. This past Saturday was the National Plug-In Day, promoting all types of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. This cycle was in my area as part […]

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