Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 28, 2007

One of my fellow 914 AC kit EV'ers is Randy Pollock. He's been extremely helpful in my understanding of how this kit works. About three weeks ago, he sent me a few pictures on his own 914 AC EV project that uses the Electro Automotive kit. Here are his pictures and text (verbatim) from his e-mail: (Thanks Randy!)

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. Handles sit flush in the doors and automatically pop out when you approach, there’s a panoramic sunroof, 360-degree camera, power tailgate, heated and electric adjustment for seats front and rear, and ventilated front seats.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 12, 2007

This was originally just a human powered vehicle made in Belgium, but the owner added an electric motor to power the rear third wheel to get up the hills in Portland (of which there aren't many in Belgium). They run on 48 volts and the company sells them as a kit for about $3500.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

It’s also a plug-in twist on the hottest thing in car customization: “ restomods ,” which update classics with modern power trains, suspensions, and creature comforts, all hidden under their vintage skins. For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. Automotive Design.

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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. With a 144V nominal pack, at moderate current draws, I was getting major power loss.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 2, 2007

As I mentioned before, I'm replacing the #2 gauge cable provided in the kit with a thicker 2/0 welding cable. I'm still a cheapskate and will still use the #2 gauge lugs with 5/16" holes provided in the kit. Here are the high current cables attached to the power posts in the engine compartment.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Chevrolet S-10 :Jim Coates very clean conversion Chevrolet S-10 :Mark Brueggemanns neat project, and more. Comutacar : Scott HullsC-cars and upgrades DaihatsuFellow Van : Interesting Japanese conversion. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 22, 2007

After studying the AC kit diagrams and reading the motor controller documentation from Azure Dynamics, I think I understand a little better what all these relays and terminal strips are for. Randy, another 914 EV AC kit customer is going to send me a few sketches so I can move things around, if necessary.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 22, 2007

They recycle a lot of uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) which often contain high-current Anderson connectors on the dead batteries. FreeGeek also sells laptop power supplies. I volunteer at a local non-profit called FreeGeek that recycles computer parts.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 30, 2007

There's very little power from the system, I can't go much above 30mph After sending error logs to Azure Dynamics, they came back with the following: " Vehicles with improper or substandard grounding and shielding sometimes exhibit nuisance errors flagged as EE3LastError = 16. That leaves the problem of not having a lot of power.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

MAY 5, 2007

One of the other 914 kit converters questioned why the accessory battery couldn't stay in the original tray, but I decided to remove it anyway and have the accessory battery up in the front trunk near the DC/DC converter. to power the washer solution sprayer. Here's the battery tray that the directions said to remove.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

I recently sent off an e-mail to Azure Dynamics, the maker of the DMOC445 AC motor controller in the 914 kit. I asked how I could tap into the motor encoder signals to create an RPM signal for the tachometer on the dashboard. It turns out that the DMOC controller already has a PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) output that can be used for this.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 20, 2007

Note: The AC kit instructions don't say what to install the charger tray with. Here's the Zivan NG3 charger sitting nicely in its tray with the AC power cord off to the right. I didn't find this and added my own red wire for the fan that goes back to the upper terminal block to the brown fan-power supply wire.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. Impacts of Vehicle to Grid on power quality (DC – AC conversion and power injection happens) You may start as follows. Porsche Taycan). #10 Power Electronic converters 3. SVPWM etc. #17

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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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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Fairly early in his childhood Hoff figured out that the best way to feel less like a kid—and a little more powerful—was to understand how things work. We thought,” Hoff told Spectrum , “we could integrate this, the analog-to-digital conversion, on a chip, and then use these circuits as the basis for switching.” in Rochester, NY.

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