Open Source Civic EV Kit

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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. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

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Going Back to U-Pull-It - Don't try this at Home

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I ran the meeting for the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association last night and several people seemed interested in the open-source EV kit. Next up: organizing the civic-ev-kit Google group to get tasks lined up. I really appreciate working on electric vehicles due to the lack of fluids and other dirt. Cheers, Tim.

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Open Source Tools and Open Hardware License

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Although Google Sketchup and Kicad both store files in a proprietary format, official releases of the Civic EV kit will contain (as required in the Open Hardware License agreement) files in a commonly readable format such as.PDF Several free.PDF writers exist that I can print to just like a regular printer.

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Controller Overheating and Vacuum Pump Issues

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Other interesting news: I'm resigning as chairperson of the local Oregon Electric Vehicle Association. Ross Peterson just finished his Civic-EV during the past two months based on the open-source Civic-EV kit and he's got the "EV Grin."

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