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	<title>Electric Car Conversion Blog  By Gavin Shoebridge</title>
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	<description>Gavin Shoebridge - an electric vehicle nut, a keen environmentalist</description>
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		<title>Low Rolling Resistance Tires &#8211; Are They Worth it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low Rolling Resistances Tires are designed to increase your car&#8217;s economy by reducing the amount of tire friction or resistance while driving. This means your engine or electric motor &#38; batteries don&#8217;t have to break into a sweat just cruising down the road. In some cases the energy savings can be noticable, with up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Fuel Price Increases 5c Per Litre Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gavin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP led today&#8217;s price hike, by raising the prices of all fuels including diesel by 5 cents per litre this morning, making it currently 182.9 NZ cents/litre for Regular 91, and 115.9 cents/litre for Diesel.   
With the current exchange rate this equates to $4.84 US per gallon for Regular 91, and $3.07 US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Don&#8217;t You Have an Electric Car &#8211; The Four Excuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gavin</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ll bet you want an electric car. If you weren&#8217;t interested in owning one then you probably wouldn&#8217;t have clicked to read this article.
On another note, how much did you pay for gas in the last 12 months? Alternatively, how much did you fork out for your last fill-up? What could you have done with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Electric Car Conversion &#8211; How Hard Could it Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gavin</dc:creator>
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When I converted my own gas clunker to electric I was terrified. I almost gave up twice in fact. The only reasons I powered through it were my determination and the fact I&#8217;d uploaded videos to youtube showing my progress to hoardes of eager viewers. This meant there was no way I could back out!
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerodynamic Modifications for Electric Cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gavin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[drag coefficient]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of the cost &#38; weight of batteries, there are a few cheap yet effective ways of reducing your wind resistance and increasing your distance per charge without simply jamming more batteries in the trunk.
The most popular of these is redirecting the air caught up in the front of the car by installing a grille [...]]]></description>
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