Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. There, more than 60 employees and two production lines will have the capacity for 100 conversions a year. Around the world, specialists like E.C.D. Tesla Model S P100D, which provides 450 horsepower (331 kilowatts) in this application.

Land Rover 101

Land Rover Tesla Conversion Ferrari 101

Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

And he assured me that Oben is not taking the Chinese assembler route to market. With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In For me it turned out to be a good tech demonstrator for what makes BYD the king of Chinese roads.

Charging 98

Charging Google India BYD 98

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. in chinese ?, Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them. It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil).

Volt 42

Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) That said, the interest in conversions continues to validate hybrid technology as a core technology thats here to stay.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58