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DIY Electric Motorcycle Kicks Butt, Gets 300 eMPG

June 24th, 2008 · 20 Comments

A year ago, EcoModder forum member Ben Nelson got an old, non-running motorcycle and converted it to electric drive. He’d never had a motorcycle before and wasn’t an expert with electric vehicles, but in true DIY nature, he learned as he went along.
The bike was never designed to be a fast, flashy race bike, […]

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Tags: DIY · Electric Vehicle

Who Needs Air Conditioning When You’ve Got Ice-Cold Water Running Through Your Shirt?

April 27th, 2008 · 33 Comments

It was about two years ago when I first saw ice vests in a running catalog and thought something along the lines of “wouldn’t that be a sweet thing to wear in the car on the way to school instead of blasting my (non-working) A/C!” Well, it seems the idea hasn’t quite died. Some […]

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Tags: DIY · Ecomodding

More about Basjoos’ 95 MPG Aerocivic…

February 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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If you haven’t heard by now, there’s a guy named Mike Turner who’s doing what most people would at first think impossible: getting 95 MPG in an old Civic. How did he achieve such an outstanding feat? Ecodriving and aeromodding.
An Ecomodder.com Forum member, Mike is well known for being one of […]

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Tags: Aerodynamics · Ecomodding

16 year-old builds electric pickup truck

January 26th, 2008 · 55 Comments

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(See also: Two Canadian friends build a $672 street legal electric car )
We all know the major manufacturers are saying it can’t be done, so I guess it’s up to the youth!
Andrew Angelloti, an Ecomodder forum member, converted his very own 1988 Mazda pickup to run on electricity last year, […]

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Tags: DIY · Electric Vehicle