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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

highlights the small-but-growing phenomenon of people converting fossil-fueled cars to run on electricity. Porsches, Jaguars, Fiats, VW Beetles and Buses, even Ferraris, have all gone under the knife, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs serving this growing market. Some major automakers are even getting in on the act.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

Even a sportscar like the Porsche Boxster is 5.1 The XL1 is not a product of any of Volkswagen’s modular Baukästen (assembly kits such as the MQB, MLB or MSB, earlier post ). The power electronics system manages the flow of high voltage energy to and from the battery or electric motor and converts direct current to alternating current.

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Closing up more loose ends.

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

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. Taking out the hood latch was a bit tougher.

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