Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JULY 23, 2007
These high-capacity 8-volt golf-cart batteries are 70 pounds apiece. The fuel compartment box. I pre-laid out these batteries on the floor to guestimate what the connections between the terminals were. I've got an e-mail into ElectroAuto for some connection diagrams, but haven't received the files yet.
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2011
New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The NYPD already uses electric scooters and electric powered golf carts on boardwalks, in parks and some transit hubs. Click to enlarge.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 10, 2021
Because the electric drive train ensures little fuel combusts while driving, the RT also reduces emissions, making it an eco-friendly alternative to traditional diesel trucks. Like traditional fire engines, electric trucks are pumper tankers that can provide relief during fires. A Slow but Sure Transition.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2015
At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Connecting with every customer in a socially collaborative and rewarding way. —Mark Fields. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JUNE 30, 2007
This is inside the driver-side fuel compartment looking forward. The two one-inch holes will get grommets for the high-current battery cables connecting the front batteries with the middle pack. The 8-volt golf cart batteries arrived over 24 days ago and have just been sitting on the garage floor, discharging.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MAY 5, 2007
It's a pity that we have to remove this, but the size of the golf-cart batteries clearly interfere with the latch. In the process of cleaning out the fuel compartment, I removed the washer solution tank. This is picture inside the fuel compartment on the drivers' side. The 914 uses pressure from the spare tire (??!!)
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 18, 2007
Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. Back after Labor Day.
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