DIY Electric Car

MAY 5, 2010

Hi, I will try to translate the important points to my New Beetle conversion in this blog. I got some questions about it, because my "original" blog is written in german language. My english is surly not the best, so please feel free to correct me, ask me questions, comment and be patient to me :).

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 4, 2011

First blog entry on DIYec's site. Hey folks :). I'm just a poor redneck living in Los Angeles, trying to continue the hobby of "shade tree mechanic" to the best of my abilities. My Current projects marked for electric conversion stand as this: '25 t-bucket.

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DIY Electric Car

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Got home too late to do anything but blog about my electric car! Removed intake manifold, starter motor, and all remaining accessories. 4 hours of work, $30 earned, 75 pounds removed from vehicle. 9/22/2011: Drained Oil, bought special tools, removed remaining portion of cylinder heads. 9/23/2011: Worked at my real job.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 10, 2012

I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC. I read somewhere about a guy using one as a 144DC to 12VDC convertor instead of buying some expensive DC to DC convertor? If anyone has done this let me know how? So I guess I now have a cheap DC to DC convertor.

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

This is not only my first time taking on an EV project, but also my first time writing a blog. Hello everyone. Ok enough of that stuff. Oh by the way PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to share you experiences, and suggestions, concerning my project. Here''s the project and the plan.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

The reason of this blog is however to concentrate on the electric pedicabs. This blog is not about promoting the pedicabs or pedicab industry but about making people's awareness of light weight electric vehicles and their contribution these could make to reduce CO2 emissions. Wish them all the best with getting on the project.

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DIY Electric Car

OCTOBER 11, 2012

This blog also exists at [link]. light, with a GVM able to hold the weight of the batteries. no power steering or air conditioning! looks nice. of a make where an adaptor plate already exists (Ideally). Once I have the donor car sitting in front of my house, then I'll feel like I'm truly on my way. Please share your thoughts.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 10, 2008

I started my own mini EV project as documented on this Blog, but since it was going to be just a toy, that I couldn’t fit in and didn’t feel comfortable giving away without testing, I decided it wasn’t worth putting money into and donated the peddle car to family friends.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 2, 2021

You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. DIY Guru is an example for electric vehicle training and skillset development institute. Electric Vehicle Blog. to drive traffic to the blog.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. My professional life has kept me busy, but I still have made good progress on my conversion. Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. See also Hymotions comments on the subject. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles.

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DIY Electric Car

OCTOBER 1, 2013

So, this is only my third blog entry, and my car has been done for a month! I might get around to another blog post in another year. I am not a very good documentarian. My car is the ARC 1 over in the garage section of the forums, for anyone who wants to take a look. This car has continued to exceed my expectations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Reply ↓ ↑ report 2 Snoopy 3:47PM (4/17/2009) Its funny, because I was thinking about this over the past couple of days, while walking the streets of my relatively quiet neighbourhood.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

VW minivan reportedly not long for this world 2 days ago Chrysler ekes out additional 2 mpg on 2009 minivans 223 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 ~D. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

11 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 morgan 9:26PM (4/22/2009) Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a mid 90s car? Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Electric cars also haven’t yet reached parity with gasoline or diesel vehicles in terms of uptime and there are lingering questions about serviceability as it pertains to DIY maintenance. The fact remains that there’s an affordability issue with modern vehicles that’s been even tougher for EVs to cope with.

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