Cars That Think

MAY 6, 2025

And yet, some researchers in this field continue to focus on breaking power-conversion efficiency records, with some types of perovskite cells reaching 27 percent. This could be a boon for those solar developers , bu t they re going to have to move quickly.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 7, 2025

. ​ CONDITION & NOTES • Restored and converted to EV in 2008–2010. Less than 200 miles on conversion. Running Electric Hot Rod or Parts for Conversion Running Electric Hot Rod or Parts for Conversion Needed power brake system. Never installed. Still needs power brakes. • Has a battery imbalance.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 24, 2025

Chinese-made FAW minivan imported and converted to electric by Vantage in California. Of the things added by Vantage for the conversion, almost everything has gone bad and been replaced/repaired, spending literally months in the shop, while the original Chinese-made FAW minivan platform has had one problem -the wiper motor.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Everything You Want in a Premium Electric Sedan When I told a journalist friend I was getting into the 2025 BMW i4 Gran Coupe, he asked if I knew anything about it. A four-door coupe The 2025 BMW i4 is a superb all-electric sedan, or as BMW calls it, a Gran Coupe. This could be taken a couple of ways. I thank him profusely!

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2025

By: Sameer Fayaz Contractor | Updated on: 25 Jan 2025, 17:44 PM These cars were not only the centre of attention at their respective pavilions but also headlined conversations in and around the Auto Expo 2025 this year. These are the star cars that grabbed the most attention at the recently concluded 2025 Auto Expo in Delhi.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 15, 2025

I’ve always been passionate about sustainable tech, and I’m diving into DIY EV conversions for the first time. My goal is to convert a classic VW Beetle into an electric vehicle. Title: New to DIY EVs – Excited to Learn! Hi everyone, I’m Alex from California.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 12, 2025

I will be converting my 1971 GMCe 1/2 ton truck to electric using hybrid and electric car parts here in Sacramento California. This will be a companion thread to the one on 67-72ChevyTrucks.com where I fight rust and do general restoration repairs. I also have a video series on my Good Enuff Garage YouTube channel.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 22, 2025

Video of first drive This is a 2003 VW Golf hatchback that has been converted to electric. Operational Electric Conversion + operational donor car The second car is a 2001 VW GTI that has donated various parts to the eGolf project, but is still fully functional. WE want the cars to leave together.

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Charged EVs

MAY 22, 2025

Choosing a fleet-as-a-service model can eliminate that risk, while converting capital expenditure to operating expense. This not only cuts through the complexity of setting up an electric fleet, it also reduces the risk of unpleasant financial surprises. Charged spoke with Revolv CEO Scott Davidson.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 10, 2025

He's excited to see my dad and me convert it to an EV. Relocating an inoperable car: enclosed trailer + electric winch? Hi, The car is a Sunbeam Alpine, last driven in the 1980s (and definitely now inoperable), currently with my great-uncle in Arkansas. Therefore, we need to (1) transport, (2) store an inoperable car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

British EV technology company Electrogenic, known for its classic car EV conversions, has expanded its range of drop-in conversion kits with a cost-effective plug and play solution to electrify the classic Mini.Electrogenic’s kit converts the automotive icon to electric drive from just £15,000 (US$18,800) plus VAT.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH ( AGR ), a waste management company in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has put a converted DAF CF 340 hydrogen fuel cell truck into operation as part of the EU-funded HECTOR (Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe) project.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A retired ScotRail Class 314 electric set has been transported by road from its depot in Glasgow to the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway where it will be converted to hydrogen-powered—a cleaner, greener alternative to diesel for non-electrified routes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2023

Sacrilege Motors, a bespoke performance, restoration and electric-conversion studio, is partnering with UK-based powertrain supplier Fellten , a designer and manufacturer of systems used in converting classic cars into electric vehicles. Fellten’s Porsche 911 system, for 964 & G-Body. 63 kWh of battery for 200-mile range.

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Porsche Conversion Motors Motor 369

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. With the conversion of our plant at Emden into a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is forcing the pace of system change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

To help France meet its sustainability targets, Bombardier will now convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power. The idea is to convert dual-mode (catenary and diesel-powered) high capacity self-propelled trains to dual-mode battery-powered AGCs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

In Germany, BSE Engineering and the Institute for Renewable Energy Systems at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (IRES) have demonstrated the conversion of wind power into renewable methanol. The team uses green electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolysis step.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Equipped with the drive system components of the latest Volkswagen electric vehicles, the concept vehicle is based on a T1 Samba Bus produced in 1966 and comprehensively restored. The combination of the high-end classic and high-tech electric vehicle will be available to buy for real.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The US Army’s Project Manager Transportation Systems (PM TS), part of Program Executive Office for Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS), has partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a hybrid conversion kit for tactical vehicles. This challenge and opportunity are not unique to the military.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2020

By converting CO 2 into products of higher value, a closed-loop carbon economy begins to emerge. Among the metals studied, copper is the only metal known for its intrinsic ability to convert CO 2 into hydrocarbons and alcohols via electrochemical CO 2 RR. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation (CHE-1240020).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has developed a solution to convert the L120 wheel loader to electric, fulfilling market appetite for more sustainable solutions in the mid-size range. The L120H Electric Conversion will be available this year for selected customers in Europe.

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Conversion Volvo Electric Electrical 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2023

Researchers from University of Girona (Spain) successfully used electrically efficient microbial electrosynthesis cells (MES) to convert CO 2 to butyric acid. V and an electric energy requirement of 34.6 The MES cell design proved highly efficient, with average cell voltages of 2.6–2.8 kWh el kg −1 of butyric acid produced.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

This work will see Twelve converting CO 2 to CO, which will in turn be converted by LanzaTech’s proprietary microbe to isopropyl alcohol (IPA). This approach is highly scalable and could ultimately produce ethanol at an industrial scale, while simultaneously eliminating CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Toyota Australia has partnered with BHP to trial a battery electric (BEV) LandCruiser 70 Series at a WA mine site. The small-scale trial involves a LandCruiser 70 Series single-cab ute that has been converted to a battery-electric vehicle by Toyota Australia’s Product Planning and Development division in Port Melbourne.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Voltabox AG secured a long-term framework contract with e-troFit GmbH as the preferred supplier of high-performance battery systems for e-troFit’s conversion solutions for diesel buses. In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 5, 2025

I've got a 1970s Case 646 garden tractor shell I'd like to convert to electric. It's a little different than other tractor conversions and posts I've seen on here and YouTube as it's fully hydraulically powered, as in there's no clutch or transmission. Tractor conversion help

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Blue Bird Corporation will offer a factory-certified electric repower program on select gasoline- and propane-powered Blue Bird school buses. The company is collaborating with Lightning eMotors to develop this repower electric vehicle (EV) powertrain system. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Moscow started to replace outdated diesel buses with electric buses in September 2018. There are now 600 electric buses on on 42 routes overall, and as replacements for traditional buses on 33 of those routes. The conversion of buses to the electric traction will help to increase the share of e-transport rides up to 70%.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Portantino (D-25) and Josh Newman (D-29) introduced Senate Bill 301 , a bill sponsored by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), to create a financial rebate program for converting gas and diesel-powered motor vehicles into zero-emissions-vehicles (ZEVs). Eligible converted ZEVs would need a range of at least 100 miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles are teaming up to develop, convert, and deliver battery-powered and range-extended electric buses, trucks, and specialty vehicles with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A team from the University of Calgary and Rice University has used flash joule heating (FJH) ( earlier post ) to convert low-value asphaltenes—a by-product of crude oil refining—into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG). Flash graphene from asphaltenes. (A)

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Waste Manufacturer Carbon Fiber Polymer 492

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At SEMA360, Chevrolet will showcase a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electric propulsion. The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. —Jim Campbell, GM US vice president of Performance and Motorsports.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The flight, conducted under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, was the first in a two-year flight test campaign expected to culminate in 2025 with entry into passenger service of ATR 72 regional aircraft converted to run on hydrogen. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

International defense company Babcock International has been awarded a one-year contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to help the British Army understand the applications and constraints of electric propulsion. I’m excited to see how the converted Land Rovers perform in a test environment against diesel and hybrid equivalents.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

FedEx Express Canada welcomed its first 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery vehicles at an event in Toronto. BrightDrop Zevo 600 in Toronto This initial fleet of 50 electric vehicles (EVs) will service Toronto, Montreal, and Surrey. GM invested nearly CAN$1 billion to convert CAMI into Canada’s first large-scale EV factory.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Researchers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) have developed an efficient three-step process for the conversion of cellulosic feedstocks to both a valuable chemical precursor and high-performance jet fuel blendstock. MCPD can subsequently be converted to tetrahydrodimethyldicyclopentadiene (RJ-4) high-density fuel.

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