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Electric Quad Project.

DIY Electric Car

I am leaning towards a golf cart or forklift motor. It totally lacks torque, and once you leave even packed dirt for grass it loses power. All the Golf cart motors I have been finding on the net are either 10 or 19 spline. Should I look for a straight axle with chain conversion? Golf cart motor ?

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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. I wanted a project that the group could share their collective brain power and rally around. Damn the torpedoes.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. Of course, this was while he was manufacturing and distributing parts for conversions.”. Our clients have different needs and we can customize based on how much power is necessary,” Rickard added. Jack Rikard on EVTV.

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ZENN Motor Changes Strategy to Sell EEstor-based Electric Drive Rather Than Its Own EVs

Green Car Congress

ZMC) has decided to switch its business strategy from selling electric vehicles to distributing an electric drivetrain powered by EEStor, once the EEstor EESU units are available. ZENN Motor Company Inc. Earlier post.). Integration of the ZENNergy drive in OEM vehicles has always been our long term objective.At

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

They also like them because they’re fast and powerful.”. What’s so great about our meetings is the action they can inspire,” Hanson said, referencing a recent gathering that featured a representative from Aptera who spoke about the company’s plans to build a 3-wheeled, solar-powered vehicle. Everyone’s asking: How do we transition?

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

Other EAA chapters hosted virtual happy hours and coffee chats, investigated solar-powered EVs, and learned about the latest charging, financing, and permitting information in states around the country. The Tucson Electric Vehicle Association in Arizona showcased conversions and self-built vehicles. DEED event on St.

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ZENN Motor Increases Stake in EEStor to 10.7%; EESU Production Prototype Promised by End of 2009

Green Car Congress

The EEStor EESU—a high-power-density multi-layered barium titanate ceramic ultracapacitor—is expected to provide energy densities of more than 450 Wh/kg and more than 700 Wh/L; charge in minutes; and have extremely long life.

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