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

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Over the past year “I’ve been getting my feet wet and entrenching myself in operations,” she continued, explaining that future plans center around a continuation of conversion parts distribution , as well as encouragement of solar EV charging when it comes to the systems the company ships to customers.

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Costa Rica St. Louis Golf Cart DIY 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Located in Stanford Research Park, the facility also expands Ford’s physical footprint—with further expansion planned in the near future. A person sitting in the Palo Alto laboratory can access real-time video streamed over existing 4G/LTE technology to drive golf carts thousands of miles away.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

MAY 31, 2008

After some significant debate at the Civic-EV Google Group on whether to use a clutched or clutch-less system, I'm going to pursue using a clutched system for the initial revision of this kit. With a clutched system, I just order the shaft and transmission adapter from Electro Auto and everything is just done.

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Golf Cart Motor Motors Motoring 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. Engineers are working to develop sensor kits based on Ford OpenXC that gather information from bicycles and other common forms of transportation in urban areas.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt continues to be one of our highest priorities among all GMs future product programs and remains on track for a November 2010 launch," spokesman David Darovitz told Automotive News. Volt like hybrids are the intermediate future between hydrogen or fast charging electric cars. So I think its a safe bet for GM.

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