I remember quite a while back seeing an article on an electric Split Bus. The conversion was done by a University Engineering Team. I'm not sure if the following has been posted before but I found it absolutely fascinating. This Green bug was the first one I read about:
http://www.diyelectriccar.com/garage/cars/299
There are quite a few more VWs on that site. I like the panel bus:
http://www.diyelectriccar.com/garage/cars/276
Electric Bug
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splitfan
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Re: Electric Bug
I have been wanting to build on of these for years now..... verry cool thanks for posting !
My biggest fear is that my wife sells my cars for what i told her they cost !!
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Re: Electric Bug
Just a point of interest, the LiFePO4 cells are rather cheaply available from china. Also the big mama speed controllers are also obtainable from those industrious yellow fellows.
I think to do this and really benefit nicely one would have to set up a bank of solar panels and make the battery packs easily removable. Then while one pack would be charging at home the other would be running in the EV.
I think to do this and really benefit nicely one would have to set up a bank of solar panels and make the battery packs easily removable. Then while one pack would be charging at home the other would be running in the EV.
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IIRC there was a guy earlier in the year that was doing electric Pumas. In SA I think.
The only substitute for cubic inches are more cubic inches.
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Re: Electric Bug
beetlefanatic wrote:IIRC there was a guy earlier in the year that was doing electric Pumas. In SA I think.
http://www.evdrive.co.za/