Golf Cart for Electric Kit Car
Electric Cars are for Girls
JANUARY 7, 2009
Is there any 8-person golf cart which can go at least 50 mph, so you can use all the parts and build an electric kit car?
Golf Cart Kits Parts 
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Battery Equalizer Schematics Rev 1.0
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 18, 2007
The circuit above costs less than $10 per battery in parts and I hope to make this available to everyone to help people make their batteries last longer. I'll have to modify the circuit with a voltage doubler in the final stage to work with 8-volt golf-cart batteries for the 914 EV kit.
Measuring State-of-Charge on Lead Acid Batteries
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 1, 2007
Since I'm still waiting on parts from ElectroAuto, I decided to take the plunge and do some extensive research on Lead-Acid battery technology. The 914 AC kit uses 8V golf cart batteries and I'm wondering if different batteries like Hawkers or Optima Yellow-Top batteries would be better.
The Suspension is Here!
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 20, 2007
I received the suspension parts from ElectroAuto today. If you hadn't read before, the 18 8-volt golf cart batteries add 800 pounds to the weight of the car, so the suspension needs upgrading. The real gamble is how fast the rest of the kit shows up.
Ordering a Motor Adapter
Open Source Civic EV Kit
MAY 31, 2008
After some significant debate at the Civic-EV Google Group on whether to use a clutched or clutch-less system, I'm going to pursue using a clutched system for the initial revision of this kit. With a clutched system, I just order the shaft and transmission adapter from Electro Auto and everything is just done.
Closing up more loose ends.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 5, 2007
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. I saved the latch cable tube and latch mechanism to give to Craig at camp914 as parts for someone else.
Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2015
At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business. This new research center shows Ford’s commitment to be part of the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem—anticipating customers’ wants and needs, especially on connectivity, mobility and autonomous vehicles.
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