Assembling the Controller

Wir bauen einen Fahrtregler Over the weekend, I started assembling the controller. My son loved the challange and helped me to assemble the controller stage. He’s five and had a great time learing two-digit numbers, while I explained capacitors and resistors. I’ll explain Atmel programming to him next week 😉 . Am Wochenende habe...

Adapter Plate Mock Up

Adapter Plate Mock Up – Modell der Motorplatte The first adapter plate will be made from six layers of 9mm plywood. This should be sturdy enough to support the motor for basic testing. The plate has to align the motor and take all the torque. The motor weight is mostly taken by the support...

Motor and Coupler

Fitting the Motor – Passt der Motor? Testing the motor position in the engine bay. Yes, it’s short enough, but it needs an adapter plate that is more than 50mm thick. Ja, er passt. Er ist kurz genug, so dass er ohne Blecharbeiten in den Motorraum passt. Die Adapterplatte muss wohl so 50mm dick...

Fooling around with high Voltage

Fooling around – Rumspielen When the motor arrived, I immediately had to hook it up to a battery. It reved up surprisingly slow (well, 12V, what did I expect), but also started rolling with more force than expected. Awesome 😉 Als der Motor kam, habe ich den natürlich sofor an eine Batterie geklemmt. Er...

Getting all the Parts

Germany has extremely strict rules about modifying cars. As a result, there are not many suppliers for EV parts at all. Even within the EU, EV supplies are somewhat hard to get. All parts are available from the U.S., but U.S. prices must be converted to Euro, shipping is added, then we need to...

Making a Plan

Which Car? Welcher Wagen? The decision was made. I will convert a car. But which car. This is a difficult question because of many restrictions in Germany, limited funds, and limited love for modern cars. I love working with air cooled VW’s though, so here it is: a VW Van form 1972 Die Entscheiung...

My Electric Vehicle Conversion

I am quite a fan of electric cars. Electric motors are much more efficient than the old combustion engine, and while we still need plenty of energy to move a car, we can stop burning oil and use cleaner means to produce electricity. I decided to convert my 1972 VW Van from ICB to...

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