full size conversion
 

anybody here did or working on a full size ev conversion?
i'm thinking of trying one this spring! probably a motorcyle to start off easy...
any suggestion for the cheapest place to buy parts?

Yes, there is a guy converting a toyota or nissan pickup. Havent seen an update on it in about 3 months or so.

Zeropointbug is doing the conversion.

I actually have looked on an electric vehicle forum. All the projects are really cool and they have tons of info and suggestions.

Link?

thanks for the info!
great site!!

ecomodder.com has some good info too

I looked at a few forums and that diyelectriccar linked to above was probably the most popular one and it had the most information.

hey guys... been a while. anyway, i'm thinking i am going to do a full on jeep conversion. a bike conversion sounds really good too...

i need to find some places to research motors. batteries i'm thinking the new ones by a123. good stuff for the future. hopefully i'll have it done by 2010 =)

~mal

I guess I must have missed this thread, but I just took a look at some random threads in that link and there seems to be an awfully lot of ignorant people! Personally, if you have questions like "what do amps, volts, and watts mean", then you should not be attempting a project of that scale! Dealing with hundreds of volts without any idea of what you are doing is just asking for a one way trip to the pearly gates. These people should start smaller, like brushless RC. A lot of the principles are the same or similar.

as long as they use a video camera..... it should be interesting :lol:

maybe we have the workings of a new reality hit TV show!



"What happends when 6th grade drop-out redneck Billy-Joe-Bob and his cousin Butt-crack Bevis who know nothing about electronics get a hold of some High-Voltage batteries and some 8g wire?!?!" ......"Tune in Thursday Nights at 6:00" :rofl: