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
Entry Filed under: Electric Car | Tags: Electric Car
5 Comments Add your own
1. kent beuchert | April 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
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.
2. Jeffrey Hunter | April 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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.
3. WTTF » The Gentle S&hellip | April 14th, 2008 at 4:01 am
[...] that you say? Run a car on electricity? Boulder dash! That sounds like some kind of pinko commie [...]
4. Jim | April 15th, 2008 at 3:33 am
I reckon Fred Flintstone had the right idea,, just need to get the feet pads relined when you get the brake pads done.
5. Smack the Donkey | April 16th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
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.
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