Battery DC Golf Cart Kits 
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
AUGUST 25, 2007
We chatted about the blown CCPower DC-DC converter and the engine vibrations. Since I fixed the DC-DC converter, we agreed that I would try to find out which conditions would cause it to blow again, if it does. Mike doesn't have an AC kit 914 back at the ranch.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JANUARY 20, 2007
Over the past few weeks I've been trying to contact the folks at Electro Automotive to get the status of the EV 914 kit. They finally responded last night and apparently they're completely buried under the demand for EV conversion kits. He got one of the earlier DC motor kits for the 914 from Electro Automotive.
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. Here is a picture of my transmission label: Next up: thinking about batteries and the controller system.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JULY 23, 2007
These high-capacity 8-volt golf-cart batteries are 70 pounds apiece. Here are the batteries in the front box. I pre-laid out these batteries on the floor to guestimate what the connections between the terminals were. Here is the battery strap designed for these kind of batteries. And the rear box.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 5, 2007
I'm still waiting on the battery racks/boxes from ElectroAuto, so I took care of a bunch of little things that have been neglected so far. Here's the battery tray that the directions said to remove. It's a pity that we have to remove this, but the size of the golf-cart batteries clearly interfere with the latch.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
April 10, 2009 10:09 am Link It amazes me that in the vast debate about electric cars world wide including here in Norway, no one ever mention the fact that the batteries in such cars need replacement in no more than five years. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Posted by: Michael | Apr 13, 2009 5:03:10 PM Battery and technology in the EV1 could not have made it in the market. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.
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