Category Archives: Vehicle Design

More Gang Green News!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by George B.

Gang Green, utterpower coined the phrase 🙂 Kiss another $118 Million of your Social Security payments Good bye! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/27/parent-obama-backed-battery-maker-goes-bankrupt/

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Merry Christmas, New Ford F150 may get 40MPG, what a great Christmas gift!

Posted on December 25, 2011 by George B.

    Phil P., an excellent DIYer with years of mechanical experience can not quit talking about his new Ford F-150 Twin Turbo V6!  So impressed was he that he bought two of them after a test drive.  If you’re a … Continue reading →

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Ford 4WD doesn’t work, an interesting design and food for thought

Posted on November 17, 2011 by George B.

My wife’s 1991 Ford explorer is approaching  21 years old, and has been a most trouble free car. A recent conversation about early snow, maybe even down low caused my wife to mention that button on the dash that says … Continue reading →

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Trip to Ron’s place to check out his new Generators and his AMG V12 Hot Rods.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by George B.

My friend Ron was board one day and attended an auction…. to his surprise, he bought two 3 phase generators instead of one 🙂  One is 30KW NA, the other 40KW turbo.  Of course they are both diesel, and here in the … Continue reading →

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China’s Two Wheel Tractor

Posted on September 29, 2011 by George B.

Republished from the UtterPower Archives When I look over these pictures of China trucks, I think how fortunate a small farmer in China might feel owning such a contraption and British DIyers who have seen these wonderfully simple trucks carrying … Continue reading →

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August Update on Chevy Volt, Here's your chance to learn beyond your years.

Posted on August 3, 2011 by George B.

Here’s your chance to learn a lot about the Car Business and life in general. will you pay attention? First.. just a little background… let me set the stage for this blistering article I’ll share. Designing any new car is a huge undertaking, … Continue reading →

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Who Killed the Electric Car? June 2011 Sales Figures may hold the answer.

Posted on June 30, 2011 by George B.

Who else is sitting on their hands waiting for the June sales figures for Chevy Volt, Leaf, and others you might find worthy of parking in your garage? Do you know one of those people that bashes Big Oil and also … Continue reading →

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Reality is, the EPA is working overtime to increase your energy costs.

Posted on May 26, 2011 by George B.

Is it time to invest in Solar? As we attempt to ‘read the tea leaves’ and anticipate the future, shouldn’t we take note of how our Government is morphing into something new? Lisa Jackson of the EPA is an activist.. … Continue reading →

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Critical Thinking, when it comes to energy it’s not that hard.

Posted on May 12, 2011 by George B.

Have you ever wondered who invests in Green Energy and why? We DIYers can make effective use of several kinds of green energy, solar, wind, and hydro can be great personal investments. When we look at things on a larger … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicle Heating, Air Conditioning, and other environmental loads.

Posted on May 5, 2011 by George B.

On the last post, I attempted to shed some light on the energy transfer rate from the common AC outlet into a storage device like a lithium Electric Vehicle Battery. We discovered that we can transfer the equivalent of one third of a gallon of … Continue reading →

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