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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. There are already commercially available kits with excellent, detailed instructions for how to convert a vehicle.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

“From the beginning of his work to make vehicles electric, Jack believed the way to do it was to encourage individuals to convert their own vehicles to electric and show them to others,” said GEVA President Wayne Garver. His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

We have a lot of Tesla drivers in Houston because the oil execs see them as a status symbol with cool technology. Just don’t bring your Tesla HEAA meets at TX/RX Labs , a Houston makerspace. “We The first year we were invited, we planned to show a few conversions, including a VW bus and a VW Bug,” Douglass explained.

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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars

Green Cars News

Joining Think, will be Tesla with its Roadster sports car. Tesla is the first to sell a full production electric car in the UK and is known for its hefty price tag too, retailing at a cool £94,000. It represents the first step in the manufacture of conversion kits that can be replicated in large numbers.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

David McNeil first joined the Denver Electric Vehicle Council (DEVC) , a chapter of the Electric Auto Association, soon after its founding in 1974, but he’s never owned a Tesla, a Chevrolet Bolt, or any other likely suspects. Most of us just did our own conversions. David McNeil’s electric conversion 1971 AMC Hornet.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Treehugger More Videos of the Tesla Model S Electric Car In Action Whats This? April 10, 2009 10:06 pm Link I make, convert and drive EV’s and have for 13 yrs. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon? — Jeff U 6.

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