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Is There A Market for Electric Motorcycle Conversion Kits? by Bill Moore
Source: EV World One of the most affordable ways to electric vehicle ownership is to start with a conversion where the IC engine and its associated sub-systems like gas tanks and exhaust systems are scrapped and replaced with clean electric components. Every year, hundreds of enterprising individuals will take on the challenge of converting small cars, trucks, even motorcycles to run on electric motors. This is a grassroots phenomenon EV World has reported on for many years now.
EV World Review of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle
Ok, this is an older story from Bill Moore over at the EV World but it is worth sharing: Respected publishing giant McGraw Hill first published Bob Brant's tome, Build Your Own Electric Vehicle in 1994. Much to their amazement, it continued to sell year after year, not large numbers, but sufficientto keep it in print. However, it also became increasingly outdated, so nearly 15 years after they first released the book, McGraw Hill decided to update it. Sadly, Brant had died, so they needed to find someone else to author the revised edition and here they turned to Seth Leitman, a close relation of famed humorist Art Buchwald, to take on the task.
EV Batteries vs a Minnesota Winter: Which will Prevail?
Source: Xcel Energy
We know Minnesotans are hardy stock, but will their electric cars match their owners’ mettle? That’s one of the things being tested by the City of St. Paul and Drive Electric Minnesota, a collaboration of businesses, nonprofits and government agencies in the Twin Cities. They’ve teamed up to build an EV
infrastructure and put the new cars and vans through their paces in Minnesota’s harsh climate. (O.K., harsh by my standards, but I’ve become a weather wimp.)
So, You Want An Electric Car? by Bill Moore
Source: Bill Moore, EV World
An EV World reader emailed me earlier this week and asked me what is going to become a more frequently asked question: "What do I need to know before I hire someone to install a home charger? "
Starting this weekend with the first delivery of a Nissan LEAF to a customer in Northern California, we can expect to have upwards of 20,000 families asking that question in 2011 as they start to take delivery of the first 10,000 Chevrolet Volt electric hybrids and a comparable number of all-electric LEAFs, for starters. By 2012, we'll start seeing some really exciting numbers from both GM and Nissan, as well as other entrants like Fisker, Think, and Coda, along with Toyota. By 2013, the numbers will be reaching in the hundreds of thousands… at least we hope they do. (I am keeping my fingers crossed).
There are going to be LOTS of folks asking this same question; and the answer starts with a very basic question in return: Where do you plan to charge the vehicle?
