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HS Students Assemble their Own EV for Under US$1,600

Ari Luis — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:57:13 +0000

The price tag of the Tesla Model S, or other EVs for that matter, did not deter these students from Rhode Island from getting their own electric vehicle. Alec Figueiredo, Tiverton High School student, and graduate Zachary Silveira, built their own EV which they named Apotheosis, with the help of their teacher and their local […]

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Z-Kart: 4-Wheeled Electric Vehicle Built In a Garage, Meant to Inspire

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:01:55 +0000

Z-Kart is the name of George Fortin's newest vehicle. Called by some a contraption, and by others an image of a dream, the Z-Kart doesn't have at all any of the safety requirements of a modern automobile. It is rather a four-wheel carriage that drives electrically, but what's most important, though, is that it's made in a garage... in California.

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MIT Students Building Electric Car That Charges in 10 Minutes

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:53:45 +0000

Radu Gogoana, a Romanian student from MIT (I'm proud of Romanian students, btw, I am Romanian), leading a team of other students have an ongoing project aimed to build an electric car able to drive 200 miles on a single charge and charge in about 10 minutes. As you can see in the video below, they use A123's batteries.

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DIY: Easily Convert Any Bicycle Into Electric With GreenWheel

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:20:50 +0000

MIT engineers have been developing and are now testing an upgrade to the old bicycle that can be easily installed and that can transform your foot-powered 2-wheeler into a full-electric vehicle (or hybrid, if you use your own force).

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Converted Prius to Get Over 100 MPG or Over 40 Miles of Full Electric

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:29:48 +0000

Here's some good news for DIYers. If it ever passed through your head to convert your actual car to an electric one, here are some Orange County guys that already did that and sell Prius conversion kits so you can do it at home, too.

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