Aircooled VW South Africa

The one that correctly spots/hears/smells/tastes/feels it, will for ever go down in my history books.



Hint:
What is missing because it's no longer needed?

The engine because it's been converted to electric! Am I in your history now.......please!

hub cap

Well done Dutch, so you've been following the thread too

For those who are interested, you can read all about it here: http://electricfastback.wordpress.com/

another thing missing is the garage at the end of the driveway

Look at the read again. There is no exhaust!
That was supposed to be the dead giveaway.

Pretty cool idea, yes...

but it is kinda like listening to Aerosmith with the 'mute' button pressed

WOW ! Now im no electric guy by any means but I have been thinking of building a electric beetle for a couple of years now(since is stumbled across a ev conversion done to a bug on the net)Thanks for posting

Do you still need forward gears when you use an electric motor?

This particular Fastback still has it's gearbox and clutch assembly.

It is the way I would go with an electric conversion.

My logic would say yes? Going through the gears you would end up with an 'overdrive' mode where top speed can be reached in motion, with minimal load (read: power consumption) on the electric motor.








....right?

I've seen a few in the UK where the keep the box in order to allow higher final drive (speed!) There's one that makes appearances the Santa Pod drag strip and is pretty quick.

I think we need to get some ideas going if we want to keep our bugs and buses going for another 20-30yrs.

I'd rather drive a electric split bus than some a the crap japan is looking at building!