Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

VivoPower International has entered into a binding Letter of Intent with Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited to create a program for the electrification of Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles using conversion kits designed and manufactured by VivoPower’s wholly-owned electric vehicle subsidiary, Tembo e-LV B.V.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and Unique Electric Solutions LLC (UES LLC) will design, build, test and make the conversions. NYSERDA is providing $500,000 in funding to develop and test the conversion system. This could lead to the conversion of up to 1,500 UPS delivery trucks, which is about 66% of UPS’s NYC fleet, operating in New York City by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Ewert Energy Systems video (handheld) of driving a Prius PHEV conversion at highway speeds.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. Fast forward a dozen years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2013

a developer of technologies enabling the conversion of existing fleet vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, completed a $3-million financing with United Fleet Financing, LLC, through a private placement offering and mezzanine financing. The terms of this note include conversion features at $0.55 Echo Automotive, Inc.,

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. Fast forward a dozen years.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

What are the key advantages of the conversion? Anshu Dewan: Retrofitting can be a more economical option compared to purchasing new vehicles, especially for fleet operators or owners of older vehicles. Where are the kits coming from? Only a few components are imported like motors and controllers. billion by 2026.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

Legacy EV , a provider of EV conversion kits, components and training, has launched a 100 V EV Training Bench. Additional wiring harnesses can be purchased to allow learners to wire the bench while retaining its wiring functionality. The 100 V EV Training Bench is available for purchase at $35,000.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After seeing the movie Who Killed The Electric Car , I got the nutty idea earlier this year to purchase an all-electric vehicle to commute to work. I was going to purchase an NmG from Myers Motors , but found the driver compartment a bit crowded and the driving range limited (only about 40 miles).

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 13, 2007

My friend Nicole came over for a few hours to help me finish the transmission and put the motor/transmission together. with the flywheel and clutch on, Nicole and I used 2x4s and other shims that I got from Pete to line up the motor and the transmission. Here's Nicole putting in the bolts for the motor adapter plate.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 22, 2008

I'd like to thank all the folks that I've bumped into over the past few weeks who have been tremendously supportive of this open-source EV conversion project. People have been quick to respond and eager to share their own experience and knowledge with Civic conversions.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. If you do your own conversion, tap into all these resources whenever you have an issue. The conversion car came from camp914.com Most people are very happy to help.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 1, 2007

The instructions for the AC kit tell you to slide the motor speed control box through the two-inch hole that was cut in the wall between the engine compartment and the rear luggage compartment. In my haste, I added a computer grommet to the hole which made it just a bit too small to slide the motor control box through.

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Plug In India

MAY 16, 2022

Sheen from our EV group has also joined hands with EV world – and will be offering his kits under their name from now on. Interesting tidbit from Sheen – he will be offering a 750 W motor option in his kit soon. Had a rambling conversation with him as we gulped down our drinks and snacks.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 8, 2007

My 914ev partner-in-crime Randy (who purchased the very first 914 AC kit from ElectroAuto) e-mailed me some photographs of how he's wiring up his terminal blocks and relays. Here are some pictures and descriptions from his 914 AC conversion. Excerpt from Randy's e-mail: I've also started on the wiring kit. Thanks, Randy!)

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 23, 2007

As you may remember, I received a package from Azure Dynamics several weeks ago with a notice saying that the bolts on their electric motors tend to work their way loose occasionally. They provided an upgrade kit with lock washers and loctite to remedy the problem. Here's the back end of the transmission/motor.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

There are more than one million existing buses and trucks that are candidates for repowering to full battery-electric right now, and at a much lower upfront cost than purchasing expensive new battery electric vehicles. Together, the companies intend to develop and sell repower kits to the addressable market.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 2, 2007

Here are two of the PowerPosts that I purchased yesterday from West Marine. Here is the mounting place for the motor speed control box that I re-wired yesterday. I've drilled two 1-inch holes in the rear trunk floor to route the high-current battery cables from the PowerPosts shown above to the motor controller.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 1, 2007

It turns out that if the voltage coming from my batteries fell into the 136 to 149 volt range (EE2NoAccelBat + EE2AccelRamp = 149), then the controller would linearly limit the power going into the motor down to zero when the voltage reached 136. I recommend this alteration to anyone using this kit!

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 22, 2007

I ran out and purchased several 1-guage pre-constructed battery cables from Napa today to wire the batteries together, but they were very expensive (16 of them at $12.95 Electro Auto e-mailed me again today to say that the battery racks and boxes have shipped and should arrive on Tuesday! I'm curious what else is in this shipment.

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Plug In India

MARCH 10, 2022

My ramblings on the 2022 EV scene I have an electric cycle, which is an eAdicct conversion kit added to a Schnell 26 inch cycle. I use my eBike for basic groceries and my morning workouts in the Balewadi stadium, although these days i hardly use the electric motor and end up just taking my cycle. The car was amazing.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JANUARY 28, 2008

I find out this morning from Ross Cunniff (who also recently completed the 914 AC kit), that he has had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with his CCPower DC-DC converter. Since I finished the first kit, Electro Auto didn't want to replace my unit because they wanted me to find out more information before I simply blew up another one.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. litre four-cylinder teamed to an electric motor to make a 180kW PHEV good for up to 55km on electricity.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. based Tesla Motors Inc. In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s Both Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. The 100 m.p.g.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 26, 2007

Here's the rear battery box which sits over the motor in the engine compartment with the rack on top of it. Everything remaining can be purchased elsewhere. On minor disappointment is that the cable supplied in the kit is #2 gauge cable. He converted his 914 with the Electro Auto DC kit and challenged me to a duel at NEDRA.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. Sherwood and Guzyk say that if the board adopts the new rules at its January 22 and 23 meeting, it likely will force them to shutter their business, which just had its grand opening last month at Green Motors on San Pablo Avenue. The conversion is simple.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

​​ Day 1 - The Tigor EV from Tata Motors in Bengaluru The Udyan Express reached KSR Bengaluru on time, after having been delayed by more than 50 minutes enroute. The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

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