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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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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. Of course, this was while he was manufacturing and distributing parts for conversions.”. The only EV he was familiar with was a golf cart, so he tried playing around with that, and eventually converted a Beck into electric.”

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

They just have a different perspective on the future.” “We As soon as the meeting was over, folks were asking him for the referral code so they could put down a deposit on future delivery.” The first year we were invited, we planned to show a few conversions, including a VW bus and a VW Bug,” Douglass explained.

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DOE to Award Up to $300M in Stimulus Bill Funding for Projects to Expand Use of Alt-Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles

Green Car Congress

DOE is seeking projects that will contribute to a sustainable market for these vehicles with a potential for future growth in the absence of additional Federal funding. The DOE funds are to be used to pay for the incremental cost to purchase new OEM vehicles or the retrofit, conversion or repowering of new and/or used conventional vehicles.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

And they will need investment if they want to fund RnD and future product development. We spoke to EV community member and friend of the channel Mr Zarryl Lobo, who has 30+ years of experience building custom electric golf carts and refurbishing old EVs. This will lead to more conversions. That is definitely concerning.