VW Double Cab Transporter - Electric Drive Conversion Project by EV4U Custom Conversions

Richard Van Wyhe from EV4U Custom Conversions is going to Southern California to get a rare 1991 VW Transporter for a new Electric Drive conversion; None of these have been imported in the USA, and only 12 were in Canada, and this is one of them ...

More here : EV4U Customs Conversions

EVTV Friday Show - April 19,2013

- Bottom Balance at Zero Volts? : A bit of a problem with the 1957 Porsche Speedster Electric replica
- VW Transporter Electric Drive conversion by EV4U Custom Conversions
- New: CHAdeMO charge port arrived at EVtv Werks




News

The ancestor (1947) of the LEAF (?) in Japan

Some more news

Jack has received a CHAdeMO port and its wiring harness

VW Transporter EV conversion to start soon by EV4U Custom Conversions

In-wheel motors ... can not work

HPEVS AC-50 / AC-75 (New)

Oops, the Porsche Speedster's battery pack went all the way down to ... 0.1V per cell ! 

Thanks to a good Bottom Balancing done by Matt few years ago, not much damages to the battery pack !
Maybe one cell, the smallest in capacity, has lost some more, but that's about it ...
Another episode proving that the Bottom Balancing is THE way to go with your LiFePO4 pack 

EV West 1963 VW Beetle Electric Car Conversion - Classic Volkswagen Bug Kit Walkthrough

Michael Bream from EV West in San Diego is showing us their VW bug conversion kit with CALB CA series cells and HPEVS AC-50 motor ; Very nice job !



" Here is a video walk through of our 1963 Volkswagen Beetle conversion. The components used in this conversion are available in kit form at evwest.com "

Pure Cal Look preserved ...

Hey ! I have the same cells at home ;-)

EVTV Friday Show - November 9, 2012

This week:
- HPEVS (Hi Performance Electric Vehicle Systems) New AC-50 Motor

- More battery theory: cold weather charging & anode advancements

- Azure Dynamics liquidation fire sale



New Tesla Roadster ...

The return of the copper foil helmet ...

And back to school, with Professor Rickard ... (battery school that is)

2 things:
- Do not charge LiFePO4 cells below 0°C
- Adavancements in Anode announced by Rice University are very promising :-)

New HPEVS AC-50 Motor: bigger, harder & stronger

The one Jack is using at the moment (in the Speedster Nippon build for example)

Azure Dynamics liquidation fire sale: Jack acquired a lot of quality EV parts that will be available on the EVTV Online Store for bargain prices ! "Stay with us..." :-) 

More info on Jack's blog