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British EV technology company Electrogenic, known for its classic car EV conversions, has expanded its range of drop-in conversion kits with a cost-effective plug and play solution to electrify the classic Mini.Electrogenic’s kit converts the automotive icon to electric drive from just £15,000 (US$18,800) plus VAT.
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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!)
General Manager Jeffrey Pizza and EV Specialist Zach Johnson of White Allen Euro Group presented a Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron that were very well-received. Jeffrey Pizza of White Allen Euro Group with Porsch Taycan. Perhaps the biggest surprise for the crowd was the late entry of a rare Polestar 2.
The conversion process highly recommends installing a new clutch assembly, so I ordered a clutch kit from Driving Source NW in Salem, OR (part # POR055822) on December 27th. I enjoyed talking about the conversion project with him and hearing about his own experiences with Porsches.
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I'll have to modify the circuit with a voltage doubler in the final stage to work with 8-volt golf-cart batteries for the 914 EV kit. Any feedback on how to improve the circuit would be welcome. Big thanks to Max at and all the other supportive engineers at HP for designing this circuit.
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