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		<title>55km in a Leitra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a full day of explicating the finer points of velomobile design at the European Velomobile Seminar on Saturday, it was time to hit the road and enjoy velomobiling around Copenhagen!  My host Halfdan lives only two miles away from the Leitra factory so after a hearty European breakfast we drove over to check out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=220</link>
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		<title>AC Forums Back Online!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After several attempts to restore function, at long last the AC Forum is back online.  If you&#8217;re incorporating an AC drive into your EV conversion, this page will serve as a great resource.
Also, if you need back-end web page work at a reasonable rate, check out HLiNaK.  I&#8217;ve used their services and am very happy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=211</link>
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		<title>Google Matching Donations to Engineers Without Borders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a unique gift to give this holiday season?  Until January 15, 2010, Google will match your donation to EWB-USA and significantly increase EWB&#8217;s ability to bring engineering solutions to people around the world that increase public health and strengthen communities.  Click here to go to the Google donation page.
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		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=208</link>
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		<title>6th European Velomobile Seminar-the Turanga Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here it&#8217;s already been a month and I haven&#8217;t yet posted the presentation I made at the velomobile seminar.
The paper, Design and Development of the Turanga Velomobile, can be found at the seminar proceedings site here and locally here.
A hardcopy of the slide presentation in pdf form can be found here (8.3MB).  As an added [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=198</link>
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		<title>Biking with Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never put much thought into getting around on a bike with a little one, but with the impending arrival of our own tiny passenger I&#8217;ve been taking a closer look at some of the ways parents take their kids along for the ride.
In Copenhagen, getting around on bikes is just what people do since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=185</link>
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		<title>Harald Winkler&#8217;s MEUFL Velomobile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The velomobile conference served as the debut for several new velomobile designs from around the world and I found the most inspiring was Harald Winkler&#8217;s completely custom built 12kg velo, a vehicle so light that he began his presentation by carrying it on stage holding it high above his head.
Harald&#8217;s velomobile was designed especially for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=176</link>
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		<title>6th European Seminar on Velomobile Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 6th European Seminar on Velomobile Design, held in Copenhagen this past October 16-17, brought together velomobile enthusiasts, owners and builders from around the world to discuss the current state of the art and how velomobiles can build public visibility in proportion to the great utility that they can provide.  Every paper presented offered enlightening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=172</link>
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		<title>Power of DC 2009 Autocross</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the eMR2 couldn&#8217;t be there, this Saturday&#8217;s Power of DC autocross event hosted a variety of factory and conversion EVs from all over the east coast.  Three Teslas, including a Sport model, tore around the course with the Sport model setting fastest time of the day by rounding the course in under 18 seconds. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=163</link>
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		<title>A Week of Gas-Free Commuting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, this past week I was able to enjoy commuting in the eMR2 v2.0, equipped with a new single speed transmission, motor coupler and batteries, every day.
There&#8217;s still some mechanical work to do, such as address the howling rear wheel bearing and sticky CV joint, but all the EV conversion components are performing as designed.
Pictures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=161</link>
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		<title>New Coupler Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple years ago when the eMR2 was still in the design stage, there were two competing coupler designs:  a simple dual spline coupler (described in a previous post here) and a more complex design that incorporated the spring cushion hub from a stock MR2 clutch.
Incorporating the cushioned hub would insulate the splines for shock [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://turanga.com/blog/?p=139</link>
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