Tag: electric
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Tesla CEO Offers Damning Refutal To NYT’s Negative Model S Review
On February 8th, the New York Time’s Josh Broder released a scathing review of the Tesla Model S, claiming it was unfit for cold weather driving. The problem was, according to Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, there were factual inaccuracies in the piece. Matter of fact, according to him, the review “was fake” and he would…
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Tesla Model S Does Quarter Mile In The Twelves
We knew the Tesla Model S was fast, but when we read that it was doing the quarter mile consistently in the 12s. region, we were blown away. “This past weekend at the Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida, the National Electric Drag Racing Association awarded the Tesla Model S its stamp of officiation for…
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Students Working On Futuristic Looking Bike With Spherical Wheels
Wheels, it turns out, are very passé. Balls is where it’s at. At least that’s what a student team from the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University is out to prove with the above early prototype of the Spherical Drive System, a self-balancing electric bike that rolls on spheres friction-driven…
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Brammo Empulse Electric Bike Has Actual Clutch And Gear Transmission
By David Ponce The thing about most electric vehicles is that there’s no real need for the traditional gears, or even a clutch for that matter. While some say this can be more efficient, it also produces a driving feel that’s completely alien and upsetting to purists. The Brammo Empulse electric bike tries to alleviate…
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This Is A Levitating Light Bulb
This isn’t ground breaking stuff above, but it’s nice to see what a little ingenuity can produce. Created by one Chris Rieger, it’s a 3W LED light bulb that’s 1) levitating and 2) being powered completely wirelessly. Obviously… since it’s levitating. How is this done? Levitation is managed by a permanent magnet on the light…
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Plug Power Dongle Frees Up Some Power Bar Space
By David Ponce Bulky transformers are bad power bar neighbours. They’re bulky because physics dictates that they must be so, despite manufacturer’s best efforts to trim them down and shape them in ways that are more accommodating to other simpler transformer-less plugs. The Plug Power dongle you see above tries to alleviate the issue. It’s…
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ZBoard Electric Skateboard Doesn’t Need Handheld Controller
By David Ponce That headline right there pretty much sums up why the Zboard is worthy of mention. But don’t take that lightly. If you’re going to opt for the electrically powered four-wheeled-wooden-board locomotion, controlling the throttle with a knob in your hand is a decidedly inelegant way to go about it. The ZBoard instead…
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How To Brick Your Tesla
By David Ponce So this story is a little shocking. It turns out that if you let your Tesla’s battery fully discharge, it becomes essentially destroyed. At that point, the car is one large brick. Nothing will work: you won’t even be able to turn the wheels so it can be towed conventionally. But it…
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Boxx Electric Bike Looks Like A Suitcase, Seems Really Useful
By David Ponce Try for a second to get past its strange appearance; this is an actual working electric bicycle with decent specs. On a standard configuration you will get 40 miles per charge. An upgrade doubles that. And the standard configuration charges the battery back up in 4 hours, the upgrade cuts that down…
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Plug Hub Declutters Your Work Area
By David Ponce Sometimes it’s products that solve the smallest of annoyances that we find the most appealing. Like that flustercuck of cables under your desk. Look at it right now. You find that pretty? Admittedly this is not a huge problem, although for the tidier amongst us it can be quite the nightmare. That’s…