Emission free 914, Electric 914 Options

[914-300Hemi]

Found this article about a electric 914 taking on the snake in LA.
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20130903-po...e-914-energised

[PThompson509]

Well, I've pestered this forum for a while with my electric 914. Tried a couple of different configurations, during this time, too. *IF* I were to start with the current configuration, I'd have added in roughly $20k worth of parts. Of course, I'm not paying for the electricity, since I have solar panels and can charge at work for free, so the payoff will happen in oh... (cough) mumble (cough) years.

To be honest, there is no way to compete with even the lame Leaf costwise. Of course, our cars are much more handsome than the Leaf and Pius, but that's not saying much. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I've got a box of batteries balanced over the motor (attached to the standard 914 transmission), and another box of batteries squeezed in where the gas tank used to be, and another box in the front trunk. All of the electronics are stuffed into the rear trunk.

Now that I know what to do, I'd reserve half the rear trunk for the electronics, and figure out a deeper box for the engine compartment.

Oh, and get 130Ah batteries.

Oh, and NOT buy a cheap chinese BLDC motor.

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Well, I've pestered this forum for a while with my electric 914. Tried a couple of different configurations, during this time, too. *IF* I were to start with the current configuration, I'd have added in roughly $20k worth of parts. Of course, I'm not paying for the electricity, since I have solar panels and can charge at work for free, so the payoff will happen in oh... (cough) mumble (cough) years.

To be honest, there is no way to compete with even the lame Leaf costwise. Of course, our cars are much more handsome than the Leaf and Pius, but that's not saying much. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I've got a box of batteries balanced over the motor (attached to the standard 914 transmission), and another box of batteries squeezed in where the gas tank used to be, and another box in the front trunk. All of the electronics are stuffed into the rear trunk.

Now that I know what to do, I'd reserve half the rear trunk for the electronics, and figure out a deeper box for the engine compartment.

Oh, and get 130Ah batteries.

Oh, and NOT buy a cheap chinese BLDC motor.

Figure in the resistance loss from your fossil fuel plant and you will always find that the electric car is the bigger polluter. But, and this is very important, they do not besmirtch beautiful Marin county. Just some California nowhere that is the home of the power plant, nuke or coal. Now resistance braking makes energetic sense, but it is so complex.