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Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

Get Electric Vehicle

converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. The Appeal of Conversion Kits Conversion kits offer a promising solution for individuals who wish to contribute to environmental conservation without breaking the bank (Now you don’t have to break the bank to buy an EV).

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

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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

Clean Fleet Report

What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® The engine is fried on my old Honda Civic. Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric. What’s the most environmentally friendly thing to do with this car?

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Different Electric Car Motor Ideas

Electric Cars are for Girls

I am thinking of converting my 89 Honda Civic s/w to an all electric power driven system. I really don't want to go to a kit.

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Switching Gears and Moving On

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I really appreciated the high-quality parts and detailed instructions provided by Electro Automotive with their 914 kit. You probably won't see much more activity on this blog in the upcoming months as I focus on developing an open-source EV kit for a '92-'95 Honda Civic. Cheers, Tim.

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Rob Connelly's Front Battery Racks

Open Source Civic EV Kit

"If I have seen farther than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants" Many other people have done Honda Civic EV conversions before this one, which is why my job is so easy. There's not much special about this project other than I'm trying to collect the information together into an open-source kit.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

The XL1 is not a product of any of Volkswagen’s modular Baukästen (assembly kits such as the MQB, MLB or MSB, earlier post ). Nonetheless, some of the learnings from the XL1 will flow back to inform the evolution of the different kits, such as to the MQB which has its own plug-in hybrid powertrain, to make its debut in the A3.

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