Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Many journalists tend to have pack-rat tendencies, but sorting out old press kits, files, and magazines can have unexpected rewards. So it was for auto writer John Rettie, who recently uncovered an interesting tidbit in an issue of Driver, the in-house magazine sent out by Volkswagen of America to owners of its cars.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
OCTOBER 12, 2006
After seeing the movie Who Killed The Electric Car , I got the nutty idea earlier this year to purchase an all-electric vehicle to commute to work. After doing some research, I found Electro Automotive out of Felton, CA and put down the $13,000 for one of their latest AC motor conversion kits for the Porsche 914.
Electric Auto Association
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Last spring, an educator in the YES (Youth Exploring Science) Program called me up, wanting to know if they could borrow our chapter’s electric go-kart.” The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Rebirth of a bug In 2007, once the Garver children had left the house, Wayne took the Beetle out of the garage.
Plugs and Cars
JULY 12, 2007
Calcars continues to work with the Electric Auto Association members to bring a do-it-yourself kit to hybrid owners with moxie. The Senate bill is known as the FREEDOM Act ("Fuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence On the Mideast Act of 2007"); the House bill the more prosaic "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007."
Electric Auto Association
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Last spring, an educator in the YES (Youth Exploring Science) Program called me up, wanting to know if they could borrow our chapter’s electric go-kart.” The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Rebirth of a bug In 2007, once the Garver children had left the house, Wayne took the Beetle out of the garage.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
The e-tron quattro is based on Audi’s MLB evo—the second-generation of the modular longitudinal matrix toolkit (MLB, earlier post ), and is, at the same time, potentially contributing to the development of the elements of that toolkit, especially with respect to a modular electric drive component. Audi's MLB. Developed by Prof.
Green Cars News
JULY 16, 2009
It tested the performance of two 2007 model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids using a Hymotion 5kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news plug-in hybrid cars plug-in hybrid electric cars San Diego SDG&E.
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