Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

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.

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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. I was going to purchase an NmG from Myers Motors , but found the driver compartment a bit crowded and the driving range limited (only about 40 miles).

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. If you do your own conversion, tap into all these resources whenever you have an issue. Adding a "real" battery monitoring system like the PakTrakr was key in monitoring the state of all the batteries.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

AUGUST 22, 2009

I had a bit of a scare coming out of work when I found that the Civic-EV wouldn't start at all. All you have to do is turn up your CPU thermal limit from 50C to 85C degrees. 90% of the time, this is no problem, but the 10% of the time when there is little vacuum in the system, the brakes hardly work at all.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 1, 2007

In other words: READ THE FRIGGIN MANUAL (RTFM) and understand all the graphs The car was still rather difficult to drive with the regenerative braking happening when I released the accelerator. In the original kit instructions, the regen relay turns on the brake lights when the AC controller is in regen mode.

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Noodoe

JANUARY 27, 2022

US Vice President Kamala Harris reveals a plan to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, aiming to make EVs accessible for everyone. 2022: The Grand Year for Electric Cars. 2021 was a huge year for the shift toward electric transportation. Oregonians can apply for the rebates within six months of purchasing an EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production.

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