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DIY Electric Car Wiki - A Tremendous Conversion Resource

DIY Electric Car

For those of you who don't know, we have an electric car conversion wiki which has tons of info for beginners and pros. Some of the members here will find this obvious but I've spoken with several people recently who had no idea that we have such a fantastic resource built up.

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Show Off Your Car At the Exploratorium in San Francisco

DIY Electric Car

Hello DIY'ers, The Exploratorium in the San Francisco is looking for someone who'd like to show off their DIY Electric Car for one night on October 7th as part of our monthly After Dark series. As it turns out, the Exploratorium was born out of the DIY spirit. For a little more info: What is the Exploratorium? 3601 Lyon St.

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The Hyper-9 Thread

DIY Electric Car

Please, feel free to post any Hyper-9 info and questions in this thread! I will try and keep this index updated, and I welcome any suggestions for things the index should include. Hyper-9 Motor Installation, Mounts, Etc. couple to join 2 Hyper 9's. NetGain sent me 2 Hyper 9's, but nothing to couple them together.

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steam/ev hybrid

DIY Electric Car

Don''t know if it is posibble but would really like to get some info on it.' Now instead of batteries arrange the front end to fit a two stroke engine (two strokes are easiest to convert to steam) running a generator head with enough current to power the 50 hp motor.

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Little and often

DIY Electric Car

I found some info on the web and it should be fun.:rolleyes: Also I scrouged from work some baby 12V sealed rechargable batteries which were going to be recycled. but still have some charge. I think I will be able to use them to test the system some way. confused: I am now reading up on building my own desulfator just for fun.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. Contact membership@myeva.org for more info. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. Email Address.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Citicar :John Buckman has sold his Citicar but he still has some great info on Citicarparts. Battery {Returnto top of page} EV Plans Sources Built For Fun ElectricVehicles : DIY plans for karts and buggys Drive Electric: EV3 Tri-Electric ElectricBicycle (Slipstream) : DIY plans and parts for the Slipstream electricbike Robert Q.