Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. I modified the wiring in the original 914 AC kit (as suggested by Paul Jorg) to turn on the regen when the brake lights came on instead of controlling regen by releasing the accelerator pedal.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

I also purchased a plastic toolbox for the trunk filled with most of the stuff I listed in this prior blog entry , just in case I had problems out on the road. I found quite a bit of water in the rear trunk during these rainy days, so I added the weather-stripping that I had never installed from the original ElectroAuto kit.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

One of the annoying behaviors of the motor system in my AC 914 kit is that the default DMOC445 parameters causes the acceleration and braking to have oscillations. In physics speak, the application of the positive or negative torque happens so quickly that the system is underdamped. Please contribute to the Wiki as you can.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 1, 2007

In a comment to a prior blog entry, Paul J suggested that I try using the brake light signal from the brake pedal to activate the regenerative system. In the original kit instructions, the regen relay turns on the brake lights when the AC controller is in regen mode. I recommend this alteration to anyone using this kit!

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 8, 2021

Most stylish – Porsche Taycan 4S. No contest here – it’s an all-electric Porsche, for goodness sake. The Porsche Taycan 4S is a game-changer in the world of electric motoring. Oh, and it has a real-world range of 235 miles, while Porsche Taycan charging speeds top out at 270 kW. Porsche Taycan 4S.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JANUARY 28, 2008

For those of you who have read my blog entries in the past, you know I've blown up the internal FETs of the DC-DC over five times and spent countless hours reverse-engineering the circuit with experts at work to see just what could possibly be wrong with the system. The 9" DC motor from ElectroAuto's kit 20 years ago provided more torque.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 27, 2007

Today, I installed the last kit piece that I have from Electro Automotive: the motor controller wiring harness. Here's the harness plugged into the controller and fed through the two-inch computer grommet from the last blog entry. ElectroAuto was gracious enough to color code every single wire to help prevent misconnects.

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