March 2012 Electric Car News Highlights Summary Hi, it’s Al Bunzel also known as Crazy Al from ElectricCarConversionBlog.com with the March 2012 Electric Car News Highlights Summary. In March 2012: gas prices shot up dramatically; GM temporarily suspended production of the Volt; Blade Electric Vehicles were selling refurbished Electric Cars from AUD $25,000; and the Read more…
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Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 6
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 6 How We Laid Out EV Components For This Electric Vehicle Conversion After an interesting theory day (where we learned how to prepare an Electric Car for EV registration) on day 5, day 6 got stuck into the practical side of things. The pot box, fuse and contactor Read more…
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 5
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 5 What We Learned From An Automotive Engineer Who Specialized in Car Modifications And What Is Required To Prepare An Electric Car For EV Registration After the mammoth effort of Day 4, Day 5 was an important all theory day. In Australia, registering a diy Electric Car Conversion Read more…
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 4
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 4 Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) Successfully Removed, Curtis Controller Successfully Bench Tested and Learned Why Series Wound DC Motors Turn In One Direction, Even When Polarity From Power Source is Swapped. Day 4 of the Gas to Electric Conversion Experience started with practical instead of theory. To start Read more…
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 3-Practical Component
Gas To Electric Conversion Experience At CIT-Day 3-Practical Component Drive Train Preparation For Electric Vehicle Conversion The theory component of day 3 of the gas (petrol) to electric conversion experience was followed with the practical session. It was decided that the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) had to go and that it will be replaced with Read more…