4×4 Gasoline-Hydraulic-Electric-Hybrid Torque Beast!

October 14, 2009

This is no joke! But I am not talking about a car – rather, a riding lawn mower. It all started because of my upcoming Annual Bonfire.I hold a bonfire every year, as an excuse to meet up with old friends, and clear out brush and wood not useful for my wood stove. The event […]

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THE SPARKSTER! Homebuilt EV Motorcycle.

October 11, 2009

A while back, I gave some advice to Mike, on how to rig up his electric motorcycle project. He decided to build an electric motorcycle after seeing what I had done. (The Sparkster, (foreground) and the inspiration for it, my EV KZ440. (background)) Today, I was rounding up EVs to show off at a local […]

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Wienermobile Interview

October 9, 2009

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Open Source controller install

September 27, 2009

I finally got the re-done version of the open source controller and installed it in the car. It doesn’t LOOK like much, but works well and is a heck of a lot cheaper than BUYING a new one. I am still running the car at 72V, but now have the ability to up the system […]

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Chris Cycle update Sept 20 2009

September 21, 2009

Yesterday was another EV Build Day with the Milwaukee Electric Car Club. We did some work on Chris’ Motorcycle. Rich bent up some tube for the right-hand section of the frame to replace where the gas engine and transmission filled in. Chris worked on the motor mounting plate, which will hold the electric motor in […]

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500A Motor Controller First Tests in Golf Cart

September 16, 2009

Home-Built EV controllers seem to be all the rage lately. Last weeks video of the Lectric Leopard featured a very high-end home-built controller with some very slick features. This video shows a controller built on the OpenRevolt project, which can be found at Ecomodder.com in the Fossil Fuel Free forum under “Paul and Sabrina’s Cheap […]

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Lectric Leopard and Jerry Asher visit

September 11, 2009

Last night, a few of us local EVer’s got together in Madison, Wisconsin. The main reason was that Jerry Asher was coming through town. Jerry is a board member of the Electric Automobile Association, a proud supporter of all EV’s, and a great guy. He has toured the country in his Plug-In Prius, THE SPIRIT […]

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008 part 2 Electric Car Construction 101 – Video 8 part 2

August 12, 2009

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008 Electric car construction 101 video 8 part 1

August 12, 2009

Continuing the adventure with Tom of converting a Dodge Neon to Electric AC power! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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VIDEO: Electric Car Conversion 101 – Part 6

August 12, 2009

If you have been following Tom’s Dodge Neon EV Conversion, you may have noticed that video number 6 was missing. That’s because I was out of town during the engine removal. Tom had another friend film him talking about the engine removal on a point n shoot camera. I finally just found the CD of […]

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