{"id":8652,"date":"2024-04-11T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:03:44","slug":"putting-the-ev-in-seven-lowflying-part-5-spring-24-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/putting-the-ev-in-seven-lowflying-part-5-spring-24-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the EV in sEVen \u2013 Lowflying part 5 : Spring &#8217;24 Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, it was about time I did an update for the Caterham and Lotus Seven Club magazine, Low Flying.<\/p>\n<p>This article is the Spring 2024 progress update and covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scanning the Car<\/li>\n<li>Component Configuration<\/li>\n<li>CANbus Configuration<\/li>\n<li>Suspension Logger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, it was about time I did an update for the Caterham and Lotus Seven Club magazine, Low Flying. 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