According to our local news station Bay News 9, Tampa Bay – New Port Richey area. They ran a story on the morning news about mega-commuters. If I am remembering correctly, if you drive more than 50 miles a day and spend about an hour and a half in your vehicle a day…you are a [...] Read more »
Chevy S10 Electric Truck Conversion
After a lot of research I have decided the conversion donor vehicle will be a Chevy S-10 extended cab pick up. This is the best choice for space, weight, and most importantly range considerations. The S-10 is a light weight pickup to start with. There is plenty of room between the rear frame rails to [...] Read more »
Reverse Trike EV
A reverse trike can be like a motorcycle with two wheels in the front or like a cross between a car and a trike. I love the idea of converting an ATV or sand rail into a two seat side by side car like reverse trike. I saw an alunminum frame kit for $10,000 not [...] Read more »
Nissan Maxima Electric Vehicle Conversion Plan
Here is a late generation Nissan Maxima with a blown engine just begging for and EV enthuasist to come along and snap her up for a conversion. It’s oppturnities like this that show recycling a vehicle that has a bad enging but is in otherwise good shape can produce an everyday driver that anyone would [...] Read more »
Classic VW Bug Electric Conversion Plan
WV bugs and their parts have been used in vehicle conversions and kit car platforms for many years. I think this makes them a top choice for an EV conversion donor car. Electric Vehicle VW Bug Conversion Kits Another reason the VW Bug always remains on my radar is the large selection of electric Bug conversion kits. [...] Read more »
Challenge
“make electric vehicles more affordable and convenient to own and drive than today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years.” Our Challange to build electric vehicle conversions that cost between 10K-20K and can travel daily for 100 miles Read more »
EV Conversion Shopping List
The basic components we will need are a motor, controller, charger , batteries, throttle assembly and DC to DC converter. Controller Soliton JR from evnitics. Synkromotive controller http://www.synkromotive.com/DCControllers.htm Here is a successfully converted Honda civic parts / spec list. I like most of this parts list since they used parts closely following the parts selection [...] Read more »
The Politics Of Gas
This is the main reason I am so motivated about the EV movement. It’s not just about conserving resources or going green for our grandchildren’s future. It’s about making the most of our lives with what we can depend on. And GAS is not something we can or should keep dependent on. For me this [...] Read more »
Clutch or Clutch-less?
Should we use a clutch or clutch-less? That is the question for today. My thinking is that especially for our early builds we are going to use a clutch. The main reason is that it just seems logical that the vehicle will be easier to for anyone to get in and drive. And that is [...] Read more »
Batteries For Electric Vehicles
Batteries are the limiting factor for range on an electric vehicle. This causes what people refer to as range anxiety for many folks considering electric vehicles. The main battery types are the golf cart 6 or 8 volts Car batteries that are 12 volts “old-fashioned” lead acid or newer AGM type car batteries There are [...] Read more »