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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

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. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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ZENN Motor Changes Strategy to Sell EEstor-based Electric Drive Rather Than Its Own EVs

Green Car Congress

ZMC) has decided to switch its business strategy from selling electric vehicles to distributing an electric drivetrain powered by EEStor, once the EEstor EESU units are available. ZENN Motor Company Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Integration of the ZENNergy drive in OEM vehicles has always been our long term objective.At

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ZENN Motor Increases Stake in EEStor to 10.7%; EESU Production Prototype Promised by End of 2009

Green Car Congress

The new investment represents the exercise of the maximum additional investment option available to ZMC which was to acquire 117,757 shares at the same price-per-share as the original equity investment granted to ZMC pursuant to the share purchase agreement between ZMC and EEStor dated 30 April 2007.

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Battery Equalizer Schematics Rev 1.0

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The circuit above costs less than $10 per battery in parts and I hope to make this available to everyone to help people make their batteries last longer. I'll have to modify the circuit with a voltage doubler in the final stage to work with 8-volt golf-cart batteries for the 914 EV kit.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. Most of us just did our own conversions. But there are others of us who still have an interest in the conversion aspect and the more technical end of things.” I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. But it would have made EV’s better for 10 yrs until now had they been available. Used Cell phone tower battery takeouts are inexpensive and available about everywhere if you call around. Lead batts are around 98% recycled.

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