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| The Latest from Open Source Civic EV Kit | MORE | | Saying Goodbye to Electric Blue Well, as most of you have seen, there hasn't been a lot of activity for several months on this blog. sold Electric Blue to my friend Murray (shown above) and he is taking good care of her. It's time to move on from this electric vehicle conversion hobby and see where life takes me. Unless something major comes up, this will probably be my last post. Open Source Civic EV Kit - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Analyzing PakTrakr Files with PrestoPlot I took the Civic out for a spin today with my neatly installed PakTrakr and captured some data while pulling some reasonably high currents. programmed the Synkromotive controller to limit the battery amps to 250 to help prolong the life of the batteries. After loading the PakTrakr data into Excel 2000 (yeah, I know it's old.), Cheers, Tim Open Source Civic EV Kit - Saturday, February 6, 2010 | -
| The Best from Open Source Civic EV Kit | MORE | - An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People
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. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association. Damn the torpedoes. Here we go Open Source Civic EV Kit - Monday, April 7, 2008 - Visiting Synkromotive and Learning about Deka 9A31s
I visted Synkromotive two days ago to look into becoming a Beta tester of their new motor controller. It handles 600 amps and has a really nice user interface through a laptop to configure several controller parameters like the DMOC445 that I have on the AC 914EV. It has inputs for over RPM, battery under-voltage and temperature as well. Open Source Civic EV Kit - Thursday, July 31, 2008 - Civic Engine Removal - Part 1
Okay, this is an attempt to document the process I used to remove the Honda Civic engine with manual transmission for conversion to an electric vehicle. There will probably be several edits, so bear with me. One thing that helped immensely in this process was getting the engine compartment steam cleaned beforehand. Remove the front splash shield. Open Source Civic EV Kit - Saturday, June 28, 2008 -
- The Patient has Arrived
My colleague Ian and I picked up the '92 Civic today. It rattles a bit, but overall is in good condition. The paint is good, the interior is good and it looks like everything works. I'm eager to start tearing out the engine. With the motor, controller, and adapter on order, I think this project can begin. Onward - Ordering a Motor Adapter
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. Open Source Civic EV Kit - Saturday, May 31, 2008
| The Latest from Electric Vehicles | MORE | | DOE to award $500K for testing of wave energy device in Hawaii The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500,000 will be available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. These efforts complement an ongoing collaboration with the Navy to advance ocean energy technologies. Brief Green Car Congress - Friday, May 18, 2012 | -
| The Best from Electric Vehicles | MORE | - GM's First New Battery Electric Car: 2013 Chevrolet Spark EV To Launch In U.S.
GM [NYSE:GM] had hoped to announce its latest green vehicle tomorrow morning, at a nice, orderly, staged press event to celebrate Chevrolet's 100th birthday. But one of its hometown papers jumped the gun and broke the news: The largest domestic car company will launch a small battery electric vehicle in the U.S. market. While The Detroit News had Green Car Reports - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Electric-Car Sales: Does GM Have A Chevy Volt Sales Problem?
It's that time of month again. Car sales reports spewed forth from the High Gear Media teletypes yesterday (September sales were up), and analysis stories followed. On the electric-car front, Nissan sold 1,031 Leaf battery-electric vehicles and Chevy shifted 723 Volts. While that's an improvement over last month's 302, it brings the Volt's 2011 Green Car Reports - Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - Chevy Spark EV: Four Times The Electric Range? RLY? Errr, No
We love our readers, because they often have eagle eyes far more acute than our own. Take, for instance, Neal Riley. Reading our article on the 2013 Chevrolet Spark launch, which included official confirmation of the news on the all-electric Spark EV model that we broke last night, he asked: If the battery is really a 20-kilowatt-hour capacity Green Car Reports - Wednesday, October 12, 2011 -
- No Schwed. Building a hybrid car for millennials, and the future
A step in the right direction. Why Tesla’s Elon Musk is wrong about plug-in cars. Old, rich people are not the key to the plug-in car. That consumer cohort might be the key to sales and profits for niche automakers like Tesla Motors, but not for the sustainable, long term profits of a major automaker. And the time is nigh. Coached? …?, Hybrid Car Blog - Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - GM Takes Heat For 'Stop Pedaling, Start Driving' College Ads
GM uses a fairly effective visual to promote its college discount in recent ads. beautiful co-ed (for our younger readers, that means a female student), sitting in the passenger seat of a passing car, grins at a clearly embarrassed bicyclist, who tries in vain to hide his identity with an open hand. As if the visual isn’t enough, GM backs Green Car Reports - Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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