You will find articles organized by categories, along with recent comments, along the right hand column of the website. If you are just getting started with the idea of converting a gas car to electric be sure to check out Your First Electric Car .
Welcome and enjoy!
-Jerry
- “They had one kid, but for some reason, they bought the yacht.” [Daily Local]
- Happy GEM owner, “No more trips to the filling station,” said Ralph Ashmore of Peaks Island. “You just plug it in.”
- EV owner in trouble because vehicle considered commercial “I think the city should be commending me for what I’ve done instead of fining me”
- Nice chart on what to expect to pay per day for gas with various vehicles. (scroll to bottom)
- Going electric in Cordoba, Spain
- Brief respite in gas price increases probably sort lived.
- Hurricane Katrina solid Cat 4 and heading towards major gas and oil fields and facilities.
- DontCrush.org trying to save EVs from the scrap yard. [After Gutenberg]
- EV fanatics keep plugging in
- Battery University: 1. Basics every battery user should know and 2. Getting the most from your batteries
- The California electric highway is complete.
- Reva India electric cars. Kind of look like something from a Dr. Seuss book.
- Unfortunately it looks like Reva might be in financial trouble
- Not for cars, sure, but Sky Sails look like a pretty cool idea (maybe in Montana or Wyoming your EV could unfurl a huge parasail…)
- Honda Insight Encyclopedia
- AC Motor for golf cars, maybe EVs? They also show an automatic battery watering system. [thanks for the link Dan]
Yugo Greg! · 26 August 05
Greg Coleman has been working on an electric conversion project. He was kind enough to let me share details and pictures of the $800 Yugo EV.
- Michael, from Texas, has started the Denton EV Project. Drop in if you are in the area and want to join.
- The folks at E-Volks have some interesting EV kits. Anyone tried these?
- Uve’s EV Calculator
- EV Classifieds. Be sure to read the scam/phish warnings
All About Eve · 26 August 05
Welcome!
This section of the site is about Eve, our second Electric Car conversion. Started in August of 2005 Eve is being built using a 1990 Ford Probe as the donor. She’s lighter than the previous EV (Mazda 626), more streamlined, and the body is in great shape.
As progress is made on the conversion I’ll be posting articles to the main home page and to this section. To return to this page (if you haven’t bookmarked it) click the link on the right entitled Current EV Project. Or you can click Eve’s picture in the upper right on any page.
On the navigation bar over on the right side you’ll see the heading, Eve’s Conversion followed by a numbered list. Those are links to all of the articles, from start to now, of the steps in Eve’s conversion. You can click through those or use the PREV/NEXT links at the bottom of each page.
Let’s begin at the beginning.
Alternatives · 25 August 05
After the company I work for moved closer to our house, Zeke and I started walking to work a couple of times a week. No EV, no gas car, just the back roads and wooded trails. It’s a great way to commute, if you happen to be so lucky.
Of course not everyone is so lucky to live three miles from work. Still, that doesn’t mean your only option is a full sized vehicle, electric or otherwise.
- Over in Rochester, NY a dealer went from selling 1 hybrid a month to already selling 16 this month. [WHAM]
- The Air Car
- Ford blames Toyota for hybrid parts shortages?
- EVWorld’s article on plug-in hybrids