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Getting ready for something interesting. Not very impressed with these battery cases but they will work. Let’s see if any notices it before it goes electric.

Ok big secret here. Seats in the Rooster are not very easy to clean. This Norwex cloth via the wife is probably not going to leave the garage now. We are bringing the interior back to 2006 condition.

I believe we bought our electric lawn mower 5 years ago. It is time to replace the batteries for the mower and it’s friends. After a cell upgrade to HG2 cells I have to say I am even more impressed at how well designed EGO products are. The pack is very serviceable and all the right technology is in the battery pack. Only one cell was slightly out of balance and this looks like pure cell degradation as the capacity of the cells are down to 1400mAh from 2500mAh new. Two more packs to go and at least another 5 year before this will need to be done again.

After spending time at both the MathWorks
Automoitve Conference and the AUVSI Xpotential 2019, I have experienced a wide breathe of the electrification reality. These two worlds are quite different. Without real knowledge in the space, one would struggle to identify the difference in the solutions between UAV and Automotive as the electric propulsion and autonomy are laced throughout.

This could be an interesting day tomorrow. At the very least a great test to see if the software engineers in your impacted products designed a throwaway product or not.

GPS “rollover” event on April 6 could have some side-effects — Ars Technica GPS’s UTC clock, used for more than navigation, is about to reset. There might be some surprises

It looks like I had better get going on my next invention to keep the pace going. Check out patents received in the last two years.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170091139

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10097122B1/en?oq=10097122

The market is emerging. This would make a good foundation for an on road race class.

Lightning Strike electric motorcycle unveiled: the most affordable high power electric sportbike The Lightning Strike electric motorcycle, which was teased for months, was just unveiled minutes ago. The bike features an impressive array of specs and a low entry price of just $12,998.

A tragedy for new sport. I am very interested in the lessons learned here. Criminal or oversight?

All MotoE bikes destroyed in Jerez fire The nascent all-electric MotoE championship has had its whole roster of Energica Ego Corsa bikes destroyed by an overnight fire.

PSA- Message from OEMs is consistent and clear. In 10 years half of the new car options will be electrified. This does not mean it will have no engine. 40% thermal efficiency of new engines will keep the ICE around a while longer. It does mean you need to get familiar with PHEV, BEV, HEV, and yes the FCV as these terms will be the discussion point instead of V6, V8 and 4 cylinder.

First event where I can wear a company shirt. Thanks to warm California weather and SCS Image Group.

This answers my curiosity as to why GM was at the E Bike summit this week. I would think the bike industry would be a bit more nervous with the continuing investment by automotive in the E Bike space.

General Motors starts taking orders for its first e-bike The automaker selected the name "ARĪV" after a three-month crowdsourcing campaign.

Well a step in the right direction for the US mainstream to once again experience the sport.

MotoAmerica Superbikes To Air On FOX Sports – MotoAmerica MotoAmerica and FOX Sports are pleased to announce that FS2 is now the “Home of MotoAmerica Superbike Racing” with the network set to deliver 90 minutes of live or same-day coverage of the MotoAmerica Superbike class on both Saturday and Sunday from each of the 10 rounds of the 2019 MotoAmerica ...