Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 7, 2008

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. I would like to see the same thing done for a more modern, practical vehicle for much less cost. I hope this blog has helped many people convert their own 914s and save them time.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I'm considering taking the car on some slightly longer journeys this summer and don't want to be caught out in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery, so I ran out and purchased a Honda generator that can charge the car for four hours to get a few more miles out of it, if necessary.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 5, 2008

Today I drove out to the U-Pull-It wrecking center and took a bunch of pictures of '92-'95 Honda Civics to see how I could design battery racks for them. I ordered another flasher and put the original one back in the car along with two incandescent bulbs to give it enough load to operate. I'll keep y'all posted as this gets going.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 23, 2007

Gary has a Honda Insight and Toyota Prius and an electric Chevy S10. As I mentioned yesterday, Gary Graunke (president of the OEVA) graciously offered to let me borrow a lug crimper to attach high-current lugs to the welding cable I purchased. This morning I drove out to his place and found a virtual Disneyland of EV stuff.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 17, 2007

This is a Honda Civic Delsol conversion done by Chris Brune who helped me understand how to drive my electric car better using lower gears and higher RPMs. Here's Miles' antique vehicle that he brings to most of the OEVA monthly gatherings. Miles uses Hawker Genesis batteries to power the antique vehicle. That's all the photos I took.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 14, 2007

He is standing in front of an all-electric Honda Insight which contains his prototype Tri-Zilla AC controller. Here's Otmar's DC powered 914, controlled by his Zilla1K controller. Here is Otmar Ebenhoech, designer of the popular Zilla DC controllers.

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