Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Convert Almost Any Car to Electric
A nice article with a broad view of electric vehicle conversion from the good folks over at TreeHugger.com Read the article: Converting Your Car to an Electric Vehicle
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Convert Your VW Into an Electric Vehicle!
Yes it’s true! You can convert your VW into an electric car with the kits available at e-volks.com. It’s pretty amazing really. I read about this website in Make magazine, and it looks really cool. The guy in the article made his car not only electric, but solar as well, by putting a $350 solar [...]
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
Solar Fan (part 2)
Read part one here if you haven’t already seen it. I put the new larger motor that I got at American Science and Surplus into my solar fan. Unfortunately even though the guy tested it for me in the store, the juice that my solar panels were giving it just wasn’t enough to spin it [...]
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Super-Secret Solar Fan Project Finally Revealed!
I have been working on this project FOREVER! Well… at least it seems that way. I have always been the kind of person who REALLY hates being hot, and for years I have wished there was a better way than just a window shade to keep your car from getting so hot when it is [...]
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Make Your Own Wind Generator
Nice instructions for the do-it-yourselfer. Join the Renewable Energy club! http://www.velacreations.com/chispito.html
