Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2015
The final Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) has come off the line in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen according to schedule. To realize the most benefits of the large spread between power and fuel consumption, Porsche developers defined a total of five operating modes.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2017
The complaint cited a cooperating witness (CW1)—an Audi employee who works in Audi’s Diesel Engine Development Department—as well as contemporaneous documentation in the Statement of Probable Cause. According to CW1, and as corroborated by contemporaneous documentation, the proposed Audi 3.0
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 9, 2008
Many things have passed through my mind over the past year and a half while converting this vehicle. I received minimal support from ElectroAuto and received most of my documentation from other 914 AC kit members who passed it to me "on the sly." The CCPower C400 DC/DC converter kept dying on me.
Open Source Civic EV Kit
APRIL 7, 2008
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.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MARCH 29, 2008
He's documented much of the work needed to get a fifth generation ('92-'95) Civic converted to electric. Joe and Ken will take care of the booth today and I'll finish up the last six hours tomorrow. On a side note, I purchased a DVD from Bob Bath regarding his CivicWithACord project.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
On a brighter note, I got an e-mail from Beth at Azure Dynamics mentioning that there was an RPM output on the DMOC445 controller that I might be able to tap into and drive the RPM gauge with (given some external converter circuit). There's no documentation on these pins, of course, but I'm happy that they're there to try out.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MARCH 20, 2007
Someone else converted a '94 Saturn Wagon to an EV, but I'll keep mine!) I'll try to take more pictures as I go next time to document the process better. First up was removing the rear portion of the exhaust system, shown here next to my trusty 34mpg 1994 Saturn. Here is the removed transmission.
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