Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2013
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
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JULY 1, 2007
The instructions for the AC kit tell you to slide the motor speed control box through the two-inch hole that was cut in the wall between the engine compartment and the rear luggage compartment. Electro Auto forgot to include the post terminals for the most-positive and most-negative connections in the kit.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JULY 23, 2007
A modification of the prior strap is basically what is suggested in the DC kit instructions. It turns out that the only copper interconnect that fit right out of the kit bag was the completely flat bar with two holes. I found a funny shaped link in the kit, but could simply not get it to fit anywhere in the system. Goodnight.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MARCH 1, 2008
If I don't get elected, I'd like to start an open-source EV kit that uses all local businesses to manufacture the custom car parts with freely available designs. We'll see what this year has in store. On a slightly non-914ev related note, I'm going to be running for a co-chair position within the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
JULY 31, 2007
A few people asked me about how I hacked together a serial port since AC kit people will need this in order to configure the controller correctly. I'll keep this relay around as a spare since I replaced the front charger interlock relay with a normally-closed SPST relay from the auto parts store.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). Earlier post.) We will accelerate the implementation of this.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 7, 2008
This version had mounting tabs that fit well with the bolt holes from the original kit. Most auto parts stores carry these; however, the difficulty was in picking the correct ones since most places are not familiar with the 914 brake upgrade. The newer version is the M series and is even smaller and has no heatsink fins on the sides.
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