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[Kurt] wanted an electric car, and always wanted to drive a Porsche. Killing two birds with one stone, he decided to combine these wishes and convert a 2002 Porsche 911 into an electric vehicle. After removing the engine, fuel tank, exhaust, radiator, and all the other things that make an internal combustion engine work, [Kurt] installed a high power motor, controller and 72 lithium phosphate … [Read more...]
This juicy hunk of printed circuits is an open source controller for the peripherals of an electric car. It's the product of a capstone project working on a vehicle aimed at urban commuting. There wasn't a suitable non-proprietary module for controlling a car's peripherals so the team built their own. As far as we can tell this is not responsible for driving the vehicle itself. We assume … [Read more...]
Although I had no idea what to expect at the NC Maker Faire, I was pleasantly surprised to see several well made electrical vehicles. One of note was [Lab306]'s Fox body electric Mustang. Although it would have been impressive by itself, it was made by a high school class and has been featured in several publications. Be sure to check out their excellent website, or the short video of it after the … [Read more...]
[Henry Herndon] converted a Mazda Miata to an all-electric vehicle. There's a ton of great information in his archives, as well as a round-up video that we've embedded after the break. It's interesting to see him implement two different types of Nalgene bottles as coolant reservoirs. The polycarbonate on the first shattered on him but the soft plastic replacement seems to have done the trick. The … [Read more...]
[Soren Coughlin-Glaser] runs a mobile photobooth in the Portland area. It's built inside of an electric Volkswagen bus. The conversion to electric hasn't been easy though. He's spent most of the last few months rebuilding it after an electrical fire. Last fall he installed a 9 inch electric motor from Hi-Torque Electric after his smaller one blew up. We really like this project and look forward to … [Read more...]
[BlueMoon] let me know about a translation of an interview posted over at xbox-scene. The original dutch version is here. It's a very good overview of XBox 360 security and the exploits needed to take advantage of the hardware.If you dig EVs, you might want to check out my latest experiment. I'll be building a EV, but each step of the process will be defined by reader votes. It's $1/vote, with the … [Read more...]
I've been meaning to post something about these for a while. Jim builds motors for EV hobbiests on the side - one of his cooler creations is the siamese electric motor. Some others have used belt drives to combine motors, but Jim actually builds the motors into a single unit. He built this set of 8 inch twins for the White Zombie drag racer.I pumped Jim for more details, but he's not done tweaking … [Read more...]
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