GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat would it take to change an Internal Combustion Engine Car to an EV?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down14
arrow-up1107arrow-down1imageWhat would it take to change an Internal Combustion Engine Car to an EV?lemmy.worldGoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoAging Wheels is doing a video series on this exact question. He converts a combustion engine Ford Escape to an EV using two 450HP Tesla motors. I quite like his stuff. :)
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year agoAnd Electric SuperCar (who fixed Jerry Rig’s HMMV’s charging) is converting a Porsche.
minus-squareZiggurat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year ago450 HP ? Twice ? That’s more than a (small) plane how does a car need that big engines ?
minus-squareatmur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoIt probably doesn’t need that much power, but speed is fun and the extra torque can be useful. The new Rimac Nevera (an EV hypercar) has over 1800 HP.
minus-squarenocturne213@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI am hoping to convert my ‘63 Karmann Ghia to an EV… its ICE is 79 hp.
minus-squarepancakesyrupyum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve seen the innards of a KG. You’ll get like 20 miles of range with the battery packs you might be able to squeeze into some hidey holes.
minus-squarenocturne213@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHidey holes like the entire area behind the back seat? Or the space made when the gas tank is removed from the frunk?
minus-squaresebinspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI maintain that a slow car is more dangerous than a fast one.
minus-squareSilentSilhouette@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoHe is going to covert a bus to an electric rv. The escape is the test bed to test equipment first.
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI can’t wait until he gets back to the bus. I enjoy his other channel too (underdunn?), but he hasn’t done much on it for a while.
minus-squaremaster5o1@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoBear in mind he’s doing it with a very specific performance characteristic in mind, and not as a standard EV conversion. Perhaps more accurate would be the Hummer conversion by Jerry Rig Everything and iirc EV Doctor channels. But in general, same stuff involved.
Aging Wheels is doing a video series on this exact question. He converts a combustion engine Ford Escape to an EV using two 450HP Tesla motors.
I quite like his stuff. :)
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And Electric SuperCar (who fixed Jerry Rig’s HMMV’s charging) is converting a Porsche.
450 HP ? Twice ?
That’s more than a (small) plane how does a car need that big engines ?
It probably doesn’t need that much power, but speed is fun and the extra torque can be useful.
The new Rimac Nevera (an EV hypercar) has over 1800 HP.
I am hoping to convert my ‘63 Karmann Ghia to an EV… its ICE is 79 hp.
I’ve seen the innards of a KG.
You’ll get like 20 miles of range with the battery packs you might be able to squeeze into some hidey holes.
Hidey holes like the entire area behind the back seat? Or the space made when the gas tank is removed from the frunk?
I maintain that a slow car is more dangerous than a fast one.
He is going to covert a bus to an electric rv. The escape is the test bed to test equipment first.
I can’t wait until he gets back to the bus. I enjoy his other channel too (underdunn?), but he hasn’t done much on it for a while.
Bear in mind he’s doing it with a very specific performance characteristic in mind, and not as a standard EV conversion.
Perhaps more accurate would be the Hummer conversion by Jerry Rig Everything and iirc EV Doctor channels.
But in general, same stuff involved.