Adapter Plates and Couplers

October 11, 2010

I regularly check on new subscribers to my YouTube videos. Often the subscribers are other folks who have already been doing electric car conversions, and they themselves sometimes have some pretty good videos. Today, I watched a video by YouTube user 2improveelectric. The video is a really good overview of adapter plates and couplers – […]

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Podcast on SAVE OUR SKILLS

October 8, 2010

Hey Folks! I recently had a Skype interview with Nick over at SAVE OUR SKILLS. The SOS web page focus is on being able to do things for ourself – learning/making/doing. Nick saw my presentation at the Mother Earth Fair. He was interested in what I was doing, and I was interested in what he […]

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E-Mail Bag!

October 4, 2010

I often get e-mails from people asking me for advice on building their own electric car. Unfortunately, all too often, they are in the vein of “how do I build an electric car?” Well, that’s a VERY broad question. It depends on your experience, your budget, and a lot of other factors. I built my […]

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Electric Car presentation at Mother Earth Fair!

September 30, 2010

Well, my presentation on low-budget electric car conversion at the Mother Earth Fair was a success! Since this was the first time they have done one of these fairs, I had no idea what to expect. Fortunately, there were plenty of volunteers around, and the organizers did a great job to put the whole event […]

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Electric Car presentation at Mother Earth Fair

September 27, 2010

This past weekend was the Mother Earth Fair at the Seven Springs resort in Pennsylvania. I was invited to the event to give a presentation on how I built my own electric car, on a budget, with no background in electronics or engineering. Beforehand, I threw a video camera in the back of the room […]

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Leaf vs Volt

July 22, 2010

Recently, CNet did a video “prize-fight” of the Nissan Leaf vs. the Chevy Volt. The review is not particularly in-depth, but on the other hand, they were only running off the specs of the cars, they didn’t have either one to test drive. Overall, the review of each car was pretty fair, including the “Apples […]

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Radios more valuable than electric cars?!

July 9, 2010

Last night, my wife and I drove over to a city park, where they show a movie outdoors on a large, inflatable screen. It’s always a good time, with a big crowd of families in their folding chairs, enjoying the outdoors, and whatever the film happens to be for the evening. After the showing of […]

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PowerWheels Mods continue

July 7, 2010

On Monday, I was over at the Milwaukee Makerspace, where the makers are modifying PowerWheels for competitive racing at the Detriot MakerFair. Looks like the entries are going to be a slightly modified BIG JAKE, a highly modified GRAVEDIGGER, and Tom’s pink trike – a chopper with very little Barbie left to it. We test […]

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Adventures of the MREA Energy Fair 2010

June 21, 2010

I knew the 2010 MREA Energy Fair would be a big success from the moment I finally pulled out of the big traffic jam outside of Madison, Wisconsin, and was passed by a group of guys in a VW TDI, all smiling, pointing at my electric car and motorcycle, and smiling and waving. I wasn’t […]

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Adventures in Filmmaking!

June 3, 2010

Just recently, I announced that I am making an instructional video on how to BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR. No sooner had I started than Murphy’s Law reared its ugly head. To start with, I already had the Open ReVolt controller out of the car, so I thought I would film that as the very […]

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