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Welcome and enjoy!
-Jerry
Woody's Electric 240SX · 16 December 05
We’ll title this,
“Woody’s EV undergoes open heart surgery. Diagnosis looks promising…”
Woody Becher is converting a 1995 Nissan 240SX. I got an email from him a couple months ago when he was trying to use our battery layout tool and wondered how to rotate the batteries. Come to think of it I still haven’t fixed that problem.
For the short term simply lay your monitor on its side…
James and the EV, III · 9 December 05
Shocking isn’t it?
James sent along a couple folders of EV images and “accidentally” included this photo that exposes the sad, sordid truth about electric cars…
They are human powered.
When no one is looking we chuck the batteries into a dark corner of the garage, pile in a muscular buddy or two and push the car around town, Fred Flintstone style.
Truly sad, and you read it here first folks.
Yugo Greg II, Revenge of the Motor · 22 November 05
Bad news.
Greg’s Yugo EV is in need of a motor transplant.
For those just joining us you can take a look at the first post where we cover Greg’s Yugo EV.
Greg did a great job building the EV within limited means, scrounging EBay and doing a bunch of his own fabrication and construction.
Total cost for EV parts, under $800.
He had put over 1300 miles on the car with no problems when the motor started acting up.
James' EV part II · 17 November 05
Meet James May.
You ever have one of those weeks where your mind and hand coordination doesn’t seem to be working? Hands end up in the wrong place on the keyboard and you type a paragraph of gibberish before noticing…and then wonder if maybe it’s better that way?
I email James to get picture of him and the car.
Me and my typos. Here’s James and his cat.
Hey, it’s a nice looking cat.
James May's Metro EV · 11 November 05
A month ago I got an email from James May. James lives in Coventry, England and was getting ready to purchase a second hand Electric Car conversion from a local EV supplier.
It’s a 1991 Rover Metro. I’m not sure if that’s him sitting there or not.
The EV needed a new set of batteries and according to James the supplier wanted to fit the EV up with gel/fibremat sealed batteries (AGM). After doing some research, here and elsewhere, he decided to stick with regular lead acid batteries.
Saabrina · 19 October 05
Back in June of this year Mark Ward started converting a 1995 Saab 900 to electric.
So far he’s made great strides: removed the engine, gas tank, exhaust, and related accessories. There’s a giant gaping hole in the trunk which is starting to shape up as a battery box holder and the dash has been getting a bit of a facelift.
But let’s begin at the beginning…
Larry's EV · 12 October 05
Meet Dr. Larry Tillman’s 1991 Geo Metro EV:
No Gas 2
This isn’t your average EV, as you will see. Clocking in at a spry 1,900 pounds it features 12 batteries, seven solar panels, and seven chargers. He even has a ham transceiver on board.
Peter's Solar Electric Van · 4 October 05
Here’s a conversion project for all of you folks who have been asking about putting solar panels on an EV.
Peter took it one step further and put a wind generator on the EV as well.
Now, before your mind gets whirling too fast we need to clarify that he only uses the wind generator when parked. No perpetual energy in the UK either.