Porsche 914 EV Conversion

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The conversion process highly recommends installing a new clutch assembly, so I ordered a clutch kit from Driving Source NW in Salem, OR (part # POR055822) on December 27th. I enjoyed talking about the conversion project with him and hearing about his own experiences with Porsches.

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Portland Conversion Kits Porsche 100

Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 22, 2008

I'd like to thank all the folks that I've bumped into over the past few weeks who have been tremendously supportive of this open-source EV conversion project. People have been quick to respond and eager to share their own experience and knowledge with Civic conversions.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

OCTOBER 14, 2006

This is a picture of the yellow 914 that I'm going to be purchasing from Camp914 near Portland as a base platform for the electric vehicle conversion. He ran into a nasty flu over Thanksgiving and then ran into parts problems around Christmas. The picture was taken back on October 14th before it was ready to operate.

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Portland Kits Conversion Purchase 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 22, 2007

I ran out to United Welding Supply today in Portland (on NE MLK) and picked up 20 feet of 2/0 welding cable. a foot, that's the best price I've seen in the Portland area by far. I volunteer at a local non-profit called FreeGeek that recycles computer parts. Parkrose hardware had it for $7.00/foot

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Batteries Battery Portland Supplies 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 1, 2007

The instructions for the AC kit tell you to slide the motor speed control box through the two-inch hole that was cut in the wall between the engine compartment and the rear luggage compartment. Electro Auto forgot to include the post terminals for the most-positive and most-negative connections in the kit.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 1, 2007

Since I'm still waiting on parts from ElectroAuto, I decided to take the plunge and do some extensive research on Lead-Acid battery technology. The 914 AC kit uses 8V golf cart batteries and I'm wondering if different batteries like Hawkers or Optima Yellow-Top batteries would be better.

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Lead Acid Golf Cart Batteries Battery 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. — Larry 4.

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