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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. There are already commercially available kits with excellent, detailed instructions for how to convert a vehicle.
My plan is to convert this ride into an EV. I am leaning towards a golfcart or forklift motor. All the Golfcart motors I have been finding on the net are either 10 or 19 spline. I have the resources to create an adapter to convert the 13 spine either up or down to match a golfcart motor.
One of the other 914 kit converters questioned why the accessory battery couldn't stay in the original tray, but I decided to remove it anyway and have the accessory battery up in the front trunk near the DC/DC converter. It's a pity that we have to remove this, but the size of the golf-cart batteries clearly interfere with the latch.
A lot of parking lots have been converted to LED lights, and during that conversion, the electricity draw on that circuit was decreased, because the LEDs use less current, so you have a little excess capacity in that circuit, and if you tie into that, now you can cover things like cloudy days or rainy days much better.
Most couples seem to consist of an automobile aficionado and a casually interested partner that the aficionado is trying to convert to Ferrari fandom, sometimes even with success. Inching slowly around the village for the rides first couple of minutes can feel like youve been conned into paying 14 per minute to drive a golfcart.
Other speakers have included an HEAA member who builds electric motorcycles, another who has converted gas lawn mowers into electric, and a third who is proud to move around his property while sitting in his converted electric La-Z-Boy. Hanson also spoke of HEAA member Jason Rapp , a pro bono coder for A Better Route Planner.
Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golfcarts, sofas and barstools. We'll also be taking Burning Man art projects off petroleum generators by switching them to solar electricity.
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This obviously weighs heavily on any onboard devices, like the inverter and DC-DC converter, but is less of a concern for something like a DC fast charger. Another important consideration is whether the device will have to contend with other environmental hazards such as vibration and shock or even explosive gases (e.g.
Instead, his collection of electric vehicles (EVs) has included a converted Yamaha motorcycle, a converted 1971 AMC Hornet, and several electric scooters. David O’Neill on his ‘Silent Knight Electric Motrocycle,’ a converted Yamaha Big Bear. The Hornet was considered a luxury EV because of its size.
In addition to the Roadster, a whole host of little electric cars will be exhibited at the fair alongside an array of electric scooter and quadricycles: Mega eCity, Mega Multitruck, E-Z-GO RXV (golfcart), Sanifer L7e, Sanifer L6e, Toyota Prius (Plug-in and Flexible-fuel technology models) and ZEV Seven.
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BikeOn electric bike conversion kit The BikeOn conversion kit is one of the most highly engineered kits I’ve seen for converting a standard pedal bike into an e-bike. And as a double-duty electric trike, the bench seat actually folds forward to convert into more of a pickup truck bed for cargo or pets.
A lot of parking lots have been converted to LED lights, and during that conversion, the electricity draw on that circuit was decreased, because the LEDs use less current, so you have a little excess capacity in that circuit, and if you tie into that, now you can cover things like cloudy days or rainy days much better.
We chatted about the blown CCPower DC-DC converter and the engine vibrations. Since I fixed the DC-DC converter, we agreed that I would try to find out which conditions would cause it to blow again, if it does. I just got off the phone with Mike at Electro Automotive. Mike doesn't have an AC kit 914 back at the ranch.
From the beginning of his work to make vehicles electric, Jack believed the way to do it was to encourage individuals to convert their own vehicles to electric and show them to others,” said GEVA President Wayne Garver. Back to the Beck Rickard explained that her father started converting cars to electric with a 1957 Beck speedster.
April 10, 2009 10:06 pm Link I make, convert and drive EV’s and have for 13 yrs. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. — Jeff U 6. Lead batts are around 98% recycled. In EV’s they do need replacing in about 5 yrs if done right.
Think has even shown a convertible prototype. They are either glorified golfcart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. Apr 25 01:04 PM | Link | Reply HerrHansa 12 Comments A golfcart with a nice body, for more than the price of a decked out Mini.
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