Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Volkswagen is partnering with eClassics to build electric conversions of the iconic VW Beetle, breathing even more life into an already-popular enthusiast platform and opening the doors to a whole new group of tinkerers. The foundation for the electric conversion is the production powertrain from Volkswagen's e-Up.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

Well now there’s an easy way to do it in the form of a conversion kit that takes an e-bike and turns it into something of a snowmobile with the inclusion of a snow track kit. I do know that the kit includes a 1,000W motor designed to run on 48V, though they also describe it as 2,000W in some areas. Tank tracks!”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Electric Bike Technologies LLC (makers of the E-BikeKit electric bike conversion kit) and AllCell Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding jointly to promote and to sell lithium-ion batteries for use in electric bike conversions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

OptiFuel is developing modular repower kits for diesel locomotives and new locomotives in all lengths, horsepower levels, and track gauges. For Argentina, OptiFuel will build locomotive kits in the US that will be shipped for local assembly in Argentina, creating new jobs and enhancing business in both countries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Setup of the fluoride-ion battery: A fluoride-containing electrolyte separates the metal anode from the metal fluoride cathode. Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) have developed and demonstrated secondary (i.e., rechargeable) battery cells based on a fluoride shuttle. Click to enlarge. By choosing.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. ALTe already has Gen 1 proof-of-concept systems running in a Crown Vic taxi equipped with a 20 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

During the virtual event, Chevrolet Performance will survey SEMA members interested in building their own electric projects to help finalize Chevrolet’s initial eCrate offering. Chevrolet first previewed the eCrate conversion concept with the Chevrolet eCOPO Camaro in 2018 ( earlier post ), followed by the Chevrolet E-10 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

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Green Authority

JULY 18, 2022

Even better, what if you could fit the battery in your pocket? Swytch has come to answer every cyclist’s dreams with their new compact electric bike conversion kit. If your bike has handlebars and a front wheel, the Swytch kit will be compatible – with only a few small exceptions.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and Unique Electric Solutions LLC (UES LLC) will design, build, test and make the conversions. NYSERDA is providing $500,000 in funding to develop and test the conversion system. This could lead to the conversion of up to 1,500 UPS delivery trucks, which is about 66% of UPS’s NYC fleet, operating in New York City by 2022.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

The ICE to EV conversion, or the Repowering business at Kalyani Powertrain, is pivotal. They plan to ramp up the Group’s three business verticals – electric motorcycles (Tork Motors), power electronics, and ICE to EV conversion of commercial vehicles, and to kick off a new traction drives business vertical.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 22, 2021

Hello all, I thought I would start a build thread. I have ordered a K1-attack kit car. I am waiting on batteries until the build is further along. I have started the assembly. My plan is to have a Tesla drive train. I am sourcing from EV-West. Hopefully that was a good company to partner with.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Building on their recent success of jointly introducing hybrid battery-diesel railcars into passenger service ( earlier post ), the two companies will also explore the potential for advanced hybridization. From next year it plans to have conversion kits available which enable mtu Series 4000 engines to run on 100% hydrogen.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 12, 2021

It also covers the topics such as batteries, control systems and charging in detail and many other such topics are covered. Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle (Tab Green Guru Guides). So if you are looking to build your own electric two-wheeler this book will definitely help you to do that.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2023

A new or used EV might be an easier choice If you’re undeterred and want to proceed with a conversion anyway, keep in mind that certain types of cars lend themselves to the process better than others. Likewise, lighter vehicles make better candidates for conversions given that less weight translates into greater range.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

They have an 800-volt modular, liquid-cooled battery system with up to 640 kilowatt-hours of energy that provides roughly 200 miles of real-world range and can be charged fully in three hours via DC fast charging. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Revealed at Las Vegas’ Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, the Surge is a bright orange exploration of how Jeep could offer its enthusiast customers battery-electric vehicle (BEV) parts kits applications. Mopar Design Accessory Manager Dan Zimmerman gives a CJ Surge walkaround. Jeep going hard on electrification.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2024

Which means that what we build, in essence, has a similar bill of materials as a good quality Wi-Fi router.” The company has teamed with the Surrey, England-based Lime Microsystems to release a crowd-funded range of private 5G base station kits ranging in price from US $800 to $12,000. “In

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

However, if you love skateboarding and thought of how to convert a skateboard to electric, there are DIY electric skateboard conversion kits available in the market today. Things to remember when buying skateboard conversion kits. The best electric skateboard conversion kits. Maxfind M5 Drive Kit.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2015

Ethos Electric Vehicles, a small, Alaska-based company building custom electric motorcycles and automobiles, has launched a $100,000 crowd-funding campaign for reworking an existing internal combustion engine kit car—the Graber Cars’ La Bala —into a low-volume production, all-wheel drive (AWD) electric roadster.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

CODA Holdings, a California-based developer of electric vehicles, EV propulsion systems and stationary energy storage applications, has acquired EnergyCS, a leading developer of battery management systems (BMS). EnergyCS had earlier developed one of the first commercial plug-in hybrid conversion kits for the Prius.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “I’d Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Funds for Zero Motorcycle are to expand its manufacturing capability in California; Tesla’s award is for the manufacturing line for the upcoming Model X; and Quallion’s funds are to expand battery management system integration facilities for lithium ion battery modules. High-power plug-in battery system with active cooling.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2011

This Vivaro through-the-road hybrid vehicle demonstrates a practical, cost-effective and efficient way to retrofit a commercial vehicle into a plug-in parallel hybrid by simply adding two in-wheel motors and a battery. Work is now underway to build a Vivaro Plug-In Parallel Through-The-Road-Hybrid test fleet for select fleet customers.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “I’d Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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St. Louis Conversion 2007 Miles 52

Plug In India

MAY 16, 2022

Sheen from our EV group has also joined hands with EV world – and will be offering his kits under their name from now on. Interesting tidbit from Sheen – he will be offering a 750 W motor option in his kit soon. Had a rambling conversation with him as we gulped down our drinks and snacks.

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EV Central

JULY 15, 2024

The all-electric 2024 Tembo Tusker has been confirmed for Australia, and when it lands here it could instantly become the most affordable battery-powered ute on offer in the country. A bigger 77kW battery is fitted to the more expensive version that boosts range to around 400km. The post Sick of waiting for an electric Toyota HiLux?

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Very closely related to the Ioniq 5 crossover SUV and Kia EV6 , it rides on the same E-GMP architecture, has the same 400V/800V ultra-fast charging capability, same (in Long Range guise) 77.4kWh battery and same 239kW/605Nm from its twin motors. An Ioniq 5 with the same battery and motor travels only 507km due to its blockier 0.29

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Add batteries and grid-charging, and you get PRIUS+, a "plug-in" hybrid (PHEV). On the highway, it runs just like any other Prius, with the gasoline engine doing most of the work -- and the extra batteries kicking in to improve performance at ALL speeds. See also: Electric Auto Assn.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. The car holds about 100 kilowatt-hours’ worth of lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries—a lower-cost approach used for the Teslas sold in China and Europe (and. Around the world, specialists like E.C.D. The results could pass for brand-new frames.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 1, 2007

It turns out that if the voltage coming from my batteries fell into the 136 to 149 volt range (EE2NoAccelBat + EE2AccelRamp = 149), then the controller would linearly limit the power going into the motor down to zero when the voltage reached 136. I recommend this alteration to anyone using this kit! just outside my building!!!

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The goal is to build 1000 in the first 12 months. Equally, there is a lot of excitement around Ranger and there are a lot of those in fleets right now and a lot of interest in conversion.”. Roev is designing its EV conversion kit to be easily transferrable between different ladder frame vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Chevrolet S-10 :Jim Coates very clean conversion Chevrolet S-10 :Mark Brueggemanns neat project, and more. Comutacar : Scott HullsC-cars and upgrades DaihatsuFellow Van : Interesting Japanese conversion. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million. Some other Battery news are, New developments and experiments in battery chemistries like lithium-air and magnesium-ion are going on.

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