Baua Electric
MARCH 5, 2024
kilowatt-hour battery pack with 13 modules containing Samsung nickel-cobalt-aluminium cells, operating at 400 volts and delivering a peak discharge rate of 550 kilowatts. For 2024, both will come standard with a Direct Connection Stage kit already fitted, to allow maximum acceleration from launch. Exhaust noise? No one cares!
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2020
liter) V-8, three-speed automatic, fuel system and exhaust. Power is supplied by a 400-volt Bolt EV battery pack with 60 kWh of usable energy installed in the cargo area. To convert the 1977 K5 Blazer, the team first removed from the Blazer the original 175-horsepower, 400 cubic-inch (6.55-liter)
The Truth About Cars
MAY 23, 2023
turbocharged engine breathed upon by AMG and featuring an electric exhaust gas turbocharger. & Said to provide quick throttle response across the rpm range, the turbo is operated via the car’s 48-volt electrical system, a piece of kit which also feeds the belt-driven starter-generator. .& What’s that, you say?
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2013
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.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 5, 2007
One of the other 914 kit converters questioned why the accessory battery couldn't stay in the original tray, but I decided to remove it anyway and have the accessory battery up in the front trunk near the DC/DC converter. It turns out that the positive wire to the horn is also tied directly to the positive terminal of the 12-volt system.
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
Below in the lower fascia are dual horizontal exhaust ports. The lightly raked roof has a power panoramic sunroof, rack rails, and a body-color shark fin antenna. The dual-level, horizontal LED tail lights wrap from the fender to the hands-free power lift gate. Clean Fleet Report’s GV80 was painted in an elegant Saville Silver. V6 AWD model.
Cars That Think
APRIL 23, 2022
Technicians revamp the car’s electrical wiring, including the notoriously unreliable 12-volt circuits. The original 12-volt electrical system remains, but only to run various low-power accessories. And Electric Classic Cars is developing a bolt-in conversion kit for vintage Mini Coopers, in tandem with Super Coopers in Buellton, Calif.
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