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DIY electric cars

April 12th, 2008

Want an electric car but don’t like the very few that are available if there are any available to you at all? Well you could build your own, there have been plenty of people out there that have converted there existing cars to run on electricity and there are specialist parts available to make it happen. It’s not cheap but if you do a lot of city driving the savings in fuel will soon pay off the initial outlay. Conversions have been done on all sorts of cars from Ford F100 pickups to Porsches. Generally you start by ripping out the petrol engine, tank and exhaust and replacing them with a big electric motor a controller and a heap of batteries. Things like your existing AC and power steering often get powered by a separate smaller motor and electric heaters can be bought to replace your existing heater. The cool video above is of a triumph Spitfire conversion being done at an electric car show.

Website of the Alt Car Expo where the conversion in the vido above was done

http://www.altcarexpo.com/

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' rel='nofollow kent beuchert

The problem with these conversions is that they lack what every EV lacks – a practical battery. EESTore and their fabulous solid state storage devices will be available this year for conversions by ZENN Motors. That is the only conversion I would pay anything for. I’m not so silly as to think that the carbon savings from going electric from one 20 mile range electric car have any siginificance. They don’t, and those who are proud of themselves for doing so are pure frauds.Just more greenwashing.
' rel='nofollow Jeffrey Hunter

I cannot believe that these morons think that they have created a viable electric car! This thing is pure novelty. When they build an electric car that can actually take you where you want to go, anytimeyou want to go, then you can say you’ve done something. This is amateur hour at the
local garage.
http://wttf.org/2008/04/14/the-gentle-slide-of-progress/' rel='nofollow WTTF » The Gentle Slide of Progress

[...] that you say? Run a car on electricity? Boulder dash! That sounds like some kind of pinko commie [...]
' rel='nofollow Jim

I reckon Fred Flintstone had the right idea,, just need to get the feet pads relined when you get the brake pads done.
' rel='nofollow Smack the Donkey

Your’e right, EV’s don’t have much chop but only a moron would think that the combustion engine was only released after they had achived top speeds of 200kpm with ranges of 600km.
Before leaving dim witted comments you really should think about what you are saying? can’t match todays ICE lets not try.
' rel='nofollow harald

lets be honest the all electric car is not ready for prime time but what fun to build one. people who do usually do it for fun and education and for going to the store, why not!
the hybred is one way to get the range. locomotives like the GE EVO have a 12 cylinder diesel engine. 4500 hp 1050 rpm’s drive a 15,000lb alternator that runs the 6 electric drive motors. everything is drive by electricity even the air compressor.
here why direct drive gas engines have about 65% efficiency while gas electric are more in the range of 85%. so if you make and all electric car for around town. you can add a smaller gas engine to power an alternator for long distance driving and if it runs on LNG you have no pollutants. win/win.

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