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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

Green Car Congress

The CrossBlue Coupé—based off the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture (the Group’s modular assembly kit for vehicles with transverse-mounted engines)—features a transverse-mounted turbocharged direct-injection (TSI) 220 kW (295 hp) 3.0L

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DC-DC Installed and New Brake Parts

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

In was eager to get the new DC-DC converter installed so I left work a bit early and got to work so I could still drive the car to breakfast with my girlfriend tomorrow morning. The DC-DC converter fits rather nicely in the old space. Here's a closer view of the top of the Iota DLS-45 converter. The new converter is dead silent.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Brockmans electric Porsche Porsche914 : Bill and Sharon Hoopes EVs Porsche 944 :JBs cool project and pusher trailer Renault12 : Darryl McMahons Electric Vehicles, nice EV history page. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Porsche911T : D.

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Christmas Time!

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The single-car garage doesn't have the space to store the crate and the 914. My garage is quickly running out of space with the batteries on the floor and the boxes and parts stored beside and under the vehicle. On minor disappointment is that the cable supplied in the kit is #2 gauge cable. We shall see what awaits.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY.

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