All posts by spinningmagnets

Grew up in Los Angeles California, US Navy submarine mechanic from 1977-81/SanDiego. Hydraulic mechanic in the 1980's/Los Angeles. Heavy equipment operator in the 1990's/traveled to various locations. Dump truck driver in the 2000's/SW Utah. Currently a water plant operator since 2010/NW Kansas

EV pioneer Jackson “Farfle” Edw...

Sep 02, 2020No Comments

It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend, Jackson, has passed, due to an crash on August 29th, in Crook County, Oregon.

16 Celebrities on Ebikes

Aug 10, 20202 Comments

Today in the news, music-producer Simon Cowell injured his back when he crashed in his $20,000 Swind EB-01 ebike. Hopefully this will raise the public’s

Zukun develops a childs e-moto using 52V EG...

Jun 07, 20201 Comment

Zukun is a product development company, and here they developed a prototype using EGO battery packs, rather than develop their own battery system. To be

Ebikes and preparing for disasters (like a ...

Apr 14, 20202 Comments

I grew up in earthquake country (Los Angeles), and now I live in tornado country. Well…it now seems like we are all living in VIRUS

Five hubmotors with the controller built in...

Mar 21, 2020No Comments

If you have ever seen the inside of a direct drive (DD) hubmotor, the thought might have occurred to you that there is a surprising

Jeremy Webb’s Husqvarna E-conversion

Mar 14, 2020No Comments

When I first saw this electric dirt-bike conversion, I was immediately impressed. It was made by a builder named Jeremy Webb who lives in Tasmania,

Revonte-One mid drive from Finland

Mar 02, 20204 Comments

This 250W mid -drive is advertising itself as having an innovative and patented “Constantly Variable Transmission/CVT”. Let’s take a look at what little information is