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. There are already commercially available kits with excellent, detailed instructions for how to convert a vehicle.

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Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Many things have passed through my mind over the past year and a half while converting this vehicle. I received minimal support from ElectroAuto and received most of my documentation from other 914 AC kit members who passed it to me "on the sly." The CCPower C400 DC/DC converter kept dying on me.

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Convert Kits Conversion DC 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MARCH 20, 2007

This was a big evening of figuring out how to remove the transmission with one person. Someone else converted a '94 Saturn Wagon to an EV, but I'll keep mine!) I'll try to take more pictures as I go next time to document the process better. Here is the removed transmission.

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Saturn Exhaust Conversion Connect 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JANUARY 28, 2008

I lost much sleep last night obsessing about how I could fix the DC-DC converter and, as a result, I was very tired and had an irritable day. I find out this morning from Ross Cunniff (who also recently completed the 914 AC kit), that he has had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with his CCPower DC-DC converter. This is a Porsche for __'s sake!

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Kits DC Google Convert 100