How Loud IS an Electric Motorcycle?

March 25, 2012

A while back, a viewer left a comment on one of my YouTube videos, asking if I could shoot a motorcycle video WITHOUT any background music. He wanted to just hear how the motorcycle sounded. Makes sense – it seems like half the questions I get about the motorcycle are about how it sounds. So, […]

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Laser Etching for Open ReVolt

March 17, 2012

Just about the only thing I don’t love about the Open ReVolt motor controller is the case. As cool as an Open Source Motor Controller is, it’s just not shown off with a basic metal cover. In fact, I actually drilled through the original cover (and put clear packaging tape over the holes!) to see […]

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Electric Motorcycle a contest FINALIST!

March 2, 2012

I was pleasantly surprised today. I browsed my way over to Instructables.com, only to see that the BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE is a finalist in the SHOPBOT contest! Even if I don’t win the grand prize, since there’s 20 finalists, and ten second-place prizes, it means I have at least a 50/50 shot at […]

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Get Out the VOTE!

February 21, 2012

Hi everyone! It’s spring election day in my little part of the world right now, maybe yours too! Can’t say I’ve ever been too thrilled by politicians. My vote didn’t even count in the last several elections! So how can your vote matter? Throw it behind projects that you believe in! For a while now, […]

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200V Electric Snowmobile!

February 20, 2012

Can it be that ALASKA is a hotbed of electric vehicles? I recently mailed a copy of BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE there, and just today, I found that an Alaskan has been working with one of the other Open ReVolt collaborators on getting an open source controller running for his snowmobile! It makes sense […]

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Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle on INSTRUCTABLES!

February 13, 2012

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-ELECTRIC-MOTORCYCLE/ Well, right now is “the big push”. I’ve slowly been trying to get more information out there, teaching people how to build their own electric motorcycle. But it never seems like anything gets done until there’s a deadline or some other reason to really put in the work. Recently, Instructables has posted some pretty […]

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Open ReVolt Pre-Charge

February 12, 2012

Fellow Open ReVolt project collaborator Adam just posted this video! One little feature about motor controllers that often baffles electric motor newbies is rigging up a way to do the pre-charge. Well, fear no more! Pre-charge is now a built-in feature in the latest version of the controller! This is really slick. I was very […]

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Timing Traffic Lights

February 3, 2012

Just recently, I was reminded of an video I shot a couple summers ago. It’s on “Timing Traffic Lights”. If you’ve never heard of the technique, don’t worry it’s simple and only takes a minute to learn. What I think is really great about it is that it is a TECHNIQUE rather than a “Feature.” […]

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300MPG.org now Socially Networked

January 29, 2012

Hi Everyone, Master of the web that I am, I just finally figured out how to add in a “social-networking plug-in” for 300MPG.org. If you like my posts and know somebody else who you think would like them, please use the new social networking icons below to get the info out to all your friends […]

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REVENGE of the Electric Car

January 27, 2012

For those of you who don’t know, REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR is now out on DVD. As soon as I found out, I ordered a copy, and just watched it now. For me, it did NOT have the same emotion to it that WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? had. WHO KILLED was such an […]

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