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Posted by: So.Cal.914 Dec 4 2006, 02:33 PM

Reachers at MIT are building a electric vehicle from a 914. If it wasn't such a

nice looking teener it would be good news. Just what you need in a 914... more

batterys.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Dec 4 2006, 02:38 PM

Did anyone tell those guys at MIT that it has already been done with a 914? Are they simply copying the one here on this site?

Someone here has already done this and I have seen video of it at a drag strip.
(I can't remember their name, a little help please)

John

Posted by: mskala Dec 4 2006, 02:44 PM

Everyone knows you can't electric a 914

Posted by: JOHNMAN Dec 4 2006, 02:49 PM

Otmar is his name (on this site). His is the one I remember.

Wasn't this just discussed a few days ago?

Posted by: jim_hoyland Dec 4 2006, 03:21 PM

Cal State Long Beach's engineering dept did one many years ago as senior project......

Posted by: grantsfo Dec 4 2006, 03:41 PM

Wow what a novel idea!

http://www.electroauto.com/gallery/vp914.shtml

A ton of 914 electrics:

http://www.google.com/custom?site=austinev.org%2Fevalbum%2F&q=914&sitesearch=austinev.org%2Fevalbum%2F&client=pub-0604986736580708&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&safe=active&flav=0000&sig=Py9zWxKP0AnU10ms&cof=GALT%3A%230066CC%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23999999%3BVLC%3A336633%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BALC%3A0066CC%3BLC%3A0066CC%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A666666%3BGIMP%3A666666%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A330%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fevalbum.com%2Fui%2Fevalbum.jpg%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fevalbum.com%2F%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en

Posted by: warrenporsche Dec 4 2006, 04:24 PM

wasn't there another electric porsche about 100 years ago built for the Lohner company or something like that? These MIT guys are about a century too late aren't they?

Posted by: JPB Dec 4 2006, 04:30 PM

Hey, electric 914s are the car of the future man!! Imagine all them low batteries in the engind bay or even better, a fuel cell powered biotch. Once they force us to use them EVs, I'll have an electric CARBON FIBERED 914 PORSCHE EV mark my word!

Is there a Porsche DC electric motor made anywhere because Benz has one? Wahahahah!!!

Posted by: grantsfo Dec 4 2006, 04:45 PM

I like this one with solar array:

IPB Image

Posted by: HeloMech Dec 4 2006, 05:09 PM

holy crap... TWENTY BATTERIES??? what's THAT gotta weigh in at?

Posted by: highways Dec 4 2006, 05:33 PM

Don't shoot down the electric projects too soon... the new technologies for electric stuff are amazing. Not the same animal it was years ago. Now you've got new brushless motors (92% efficiency) compared to old brushed motors (60% efficiency). And you've got Lithium batteries which can store 20x more energy then old lead acid batteries. And ofcourse digital controllers which are near 100% efficient instead of old reostat technology.

Wanna check out a fascinating movie? "Who Killed the Electric Car". Sorta sad when you see all the reasons why the electric car became a huge threat to the auto companies and oil industry so they sent it to it's grave.