Electric car wash!

January 20, 2009

Is it smart to run an electric car through a car wash?I’m not sure, but the car was really salty and dirty, so I got the deluxe wash, including the “Underbody Blast!” Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with […]

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Ford Model T – 100 Years Later

January 16, 2009

With all of our thought about cars nowadays, it’s always good to look back through history a bit. The Model T Ford was groundbreaking – it changed the automobile industry like no other vehicle ever has. There is still a Model T that runs around my neighborhood regularly. I still haven’t been able to track […]

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13 Below and falling

January 16, 2009

I am working at a local theater tonight and tomorrow night. I knew I was going to be taking the electric car, so I plugged in the oil-filled electric radiator heater. I let it get nice and warm in the car – hopefully heating the batteries too! It’s negative 13 ℉ (-25℃) right now, so […]

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3 Degrees of Separation

January 13, 2009

When I got home today, I thought I might try starting the Mercedes. It’s pretty cold today – 3℉. Typical winter temperatures in my area in winter are usually in the teens and 20’s. Single digits are fairly cold, but less common than 15 to 25 degrees. Since the car has been sitting since Sunday, […]

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January 11, 2009

This morning, Rich came over, and he and I head out to where the Mercedes was, a little less than a two-hours drive west of my house. Once we finally get to the address, we see a classic Firestone sign on the garage and a Cushman parked in the driveway – this is a good […]

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January 8, 2009

Electric Car Savings There is an amazing number of people converting cars to electric, and sharing the information by web-based video. One of these people is Blair Fraser. He’s converted a Holden Barina (Australian version of the older style Geo Metro) into an electric car. Not just any electric car. One that looks GOOD and […]

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Dodge Neon EV Conversion – Battery Box Construction Video

January 7, 2009

Want to build your own electric car? Well, you are going to need plenty of batteries. And where are you going to put them all? In battery boxes, of course. Watch this video to see how the battery boxes for the Neon EV are built. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz […]

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Electric Car passes Emissions Testing!

January 6, 2009

What a day. Had to get up and hitch up the ol’ Metro to the S10 for an hour’s drive into the city. I misplaced one of the cotter pins for the Metro tow bar, so I used a stock one from a bin of them I had. The type where you poke them through […]

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EV Dodge Neon Conversion: Battery Boxes

January 4, 2009

Today, Tom, Rich, Brian and I worked on battery boxes for Tom’s Dodge Neon EV conversion. Tom had spent the week working on designing and building the battery boxes, complete with welding jigs. The boxes are hefty, galvanized sheet metal, bent into a U-shape, with dividers, and threaded rod welded on. There are six boxes […]

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The 144V Open Source EV Controller.

January 3, 2009

Of all the interesting people I have met in my Eco-Adventures, many of them are from over the internet. I only know them by screen name and YouTube video. Yet at the same time, many of these people have been amazingly supportive and helpful in my projects. One of these people is Paul. This summer […]

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