Converting to an Electric Vehicle

There is some debate as to whether sealed gel batteries are better than golf cart batteries, but they are much more expensive so ...

A charger that is mounted in your vehicle allows you to charge anywhere at anytime, a real convenience. Make sure that you choos ...

Needless to say, it is very complicated. If you want to take the time and figure this out, that is fine, but suffice it to say t ...

Putting It All Together- A Closer Look at the Parts There are a lot of different parts that make up your electric car working to ...

There will be a coupling device that comes with the adaptor to connect the motor shaft with the shaft of the transmission. There ...

You don’t really have to have a 12 volt battery at all if you don’t want. It is an auxiliary system and can be run directly from ...

You will want to crimp the ends effectively and seal them too with a cable end sealer to prevent leaks of current which will red ...

Align the motor on the chassis (frame) and line up the transmission and drive shaft. Take several measurements and write them do ...

What’s next? The next part of the process is to take out anything that doesn’t need to be there anymore. Your new electric car d ...

Remember to remove the fuel lines which can also be full of gas and a fire hazard too. Be careful with all of the gasoline devic ...

After doing several conversions we really think it is advisable to take out the old transmission and install the adaptor kit and ...

I measured the distance from the adaptor to the flywheel and it was within a couple thousandths of an inch (very close) to where ...

Front wheel drive vehicles are nice to install the electric motor, but there just isn’t as much room there under the hood. If yo ...

There are motor mount holes on the DC electric motor and you can fashion an assembly across the frame from underneath that will ...

You will want to keep the weight forward if you can to keep the vehicle balanced. Weight in the back tends to throw off steering ...

You can find battery boxes at the following websites.- http://www.driveev.com/jeepev/convpgs/tbatteries.php http://www.timnolan. ...

After each installation, you need to actually fit the batteries in place to gauge how your suspension is holding up. Batteries a ...

Where do you mount all of the other components? When you are designing your front battery mounts you can also design a system fo ...

You can usually find the right pulley assembly from the old motor sitting in your driveway. The main problem is that the electri ...

You might consider variations of a shelf design that fits the components in place more securely. Put the charger on top though s ...