The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

.& With this in mind, Porsche’s CFO was recently quoted as saying European combustion bans will probably need to be delayed and there’s good reason to believe him.& However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.&

Porsche 119

Porsche Gasoline-Electric United States All-Electric 119

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

After several years of swelling vehicle prices and tragically lean inventories, the market has reached a point where dealer lots are getting full and consumers are becoming disinclined to go into quite so much debt in order to purchase a new automobile. Everything is relative in the world of car buying. It's bad news for the company.

Buy 66

Buy Dodge Vehicles Dealers 66

Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. Unfortunately, these kits are for much older vehicles like the Porsche 914 and the VW Rabbit.

Kits 185

Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Writing a blog using blogspot.com was great for many reasons. If I had to do it again, I would definitely send it out for rebuilding by someone else or just purchase a newly refurbished 914 transmission. Most people seem to want want greater range, but are not willing to give up starting torque for it, especially for a Porsche.

Convert 100

Convert Kits Conversion DC 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JANUARY 28, 2008

For those of you who have read my blog entries in the past, you know I've blown up the internal FETs of the DC-DC over five times and spent countless hours reverse-engineering the circuit with experts at work to see just what could possibly be wrong with the system. This is a Porsche for __'s sake! Why can't the AC55 motor fit?

Kits 100

Kits DC Google Convert 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. What are the chances that a $40K Chevy Volt would ever be purchased much less make $$. My personal criteria for an EV is 80/80 MPH/miles range, but thats because drivers either go 80 or stopped around here. Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius.

Manufacturer 34

Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34