100,000 miles on electric!

April 16, 2010

The other day, I was pretty excited to have rolled over 2000 miles on my electric Geo Metro since conversion. Well, that would be nothing for Doug Korthof and Lisa Rosen, who recently passed 100,000 miles on their RAV-4 Electric. The following is thanks to Plug In America. “Doug and Lisa’s trusty 2003 RAV reached […]

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POWERWHEELS

April 14, 2010

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2000 miles on Electric!

April 11, 2010

Today, I was doing a little more work tinkering with my car, and I realized I just crossed 2000 miles on the vehicle since electric conversion. While that’s still only two-thirds of a traditional gasoline oil change, it’s not a bad distance for not using a drop of gasoline. Another way of looking at it […]

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Bob Rice on TV again

April 8, 2010

Last spring, I got to meet Bob Rice at the International Gathering of Citicars in Columbia, Maryland. He is quite a charmer and even had his converted EV Jetta bat cleanup on the drive to Bob Beaumont’s house. Ever since, I have been following his comments on the EVDL (Electric Vehicle Discussion List) where he […]

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Electric Car High School Class?

April 7, 2010

For some time, I have been thinking that it would be great to have a high-school class in electric car construction. When I was in high school, algebra and other requirements were not my favorite thing. It seemed like most of my classes weren’t things that would be useful in life. Certainly they were not […]

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Fixing up a classic NO GAS lawn mower

April 1, 2010

Last summer, I got the chance to purchase a GE Elec-Trak – a 1970’s vintage battery-electric riding lawn mower. We have had some nice spring weather the last few days, so I took the opportunity to do a little work fixing up the mower. I am repainting it as I can, scraping and grinding the […]

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Open ReVolt motor load testing, the cheap and easy way.

April 1, 2010

My friend Chris is building an all-electric motorcycle, but  the best part is that he’s doing it with a very nice Open Source Controller. Built from a kit slightly modified from  Paul and Sabrina’s EV Stuff, the controller will handle 144V at up to 700 amps! Also, Chris’ cycle is off getting a body designed […]

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Internet Famous Electric Car for Sale

April 1, 2010

Checking my YouTube subscriptions this morning, one jumped to the top of the list. YouTuber “Ipgas1” is selling his electric car, which he documented the build of through YouTube. It’s up for sale as a “make me an offer”, so some lucky person might just get a great deal. The only catch? The car is […]

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Why A Chevy Volt ISN’T for him.

March 31, 2010

Recently, a friend of mine from the eastern part of the United States had a chance to test drive a Chevy Volt, along with some other members of his local EV Club. As part of a brief post to an e-mailing list, he just mentioned at the end that he didn’t see a Chevy Volt […]

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Nissan Leaf – 25 Grand!

March 30, 2010

The official news today is that the Nissan Leaf is going to cost just over $25,000, once the U.S. federal tax credit of  $7,500 is figured in. Wow! It’s actually in the range of a “normal car”! If you already got on the “interest” list with Nissan, you will be able to get on the […]

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