1968 Elektrotransporter VW Bay Window

[Kafer74]

Read this interesting article on http://www.vwcamperandbus.com/wallpaper ... ndow-17916

"Once upon a time this Bus was powered by a 23 horsepower Siemens electric motor, deriving its ‘juice’ from 24 six-volt batteries weighing a phenomenal half a ton! With a combined voltage of 144V and an amp/hour capacity of 155Ah at 75 amps, the Bus could hold a sustained 35mph for 62.4 miles per overnight charge. That’s only slightly slower than a petrol Bay.

Read more at http://www.vwcamperandbus.com/wallpaper ... hslqQ0G.99"

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In 1974 VW also built an experimental hybrid bus, decades before the Toyota Prius ...

[Pine]

Electric S/C at the James Hall Museum, Johannesburg (pics by Retrovan)

[Kafer74]

Here is an original which is being restored by a company in Belgium:
The BBT electro transporter in its final stage of making it a driver again… this is a all original VW electro transporter from 1977, electric cars are not new from this century! will come up for sale soon, ready and driving…

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Ferdinand Porsche was awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition in 1900 with the Lohner-Porsche Chaise, an electric car with hub-mounted motors. Nothing at all new about electric cars.

[Kafer74]

I have a book about Porsche with a photo of the car you are referring to, imagine finding one of those. It is interesting that we had one of these busses in South Africa (thanks for your post).