EV 914 Options

[raynekat]

Looks a bit "Rube Goldberg-ish" to me, but creative for sure.

starting at 4:07 on the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY2RPSUyIrc

The guy on the EV skateboard is nuts!

[Superhawk996]

I honestly don't understand the whole 914 EV thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) To each his own though. Certainly wasn't a easy thing to build and my hat's off to that creativity. However, I did get a kick out of how the Tesla dude commentary just blew past the fact that the owner admitted to the batteries losing capacity as the battery pack ages. 100 mile range when 1st built? That is just a show stopper for me.

I'd rather have the skateboard. That is awesome. I used to skateboard to class when in college. When people heard those wheels clicking over the sidewalk expansion joints, the sidewalk just cleared out and made a path. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

The fact that he has a helmet on to ride it tells you about all you need to know.

[bbrock]

I honestly don't understand the whole 914 EV thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I totally get it grandpa. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It's the future man.

I think your pain meds might be interfering though. It was actually the 914 guy talking about the 100 mile range and having to hyper mile to get that now due to decreased battery capacity. That doesn't seem bad for a 10 year old home conversion. Remember, the early internal combustion automobiles didn't have great range either.

This one is a bit too cobbled together to suit me. but I'd love to have a 914EV for hops into town. Instant torque baby. My biggest beef with 914 conversions is loss of trunk space.

We've had a Tesla charging station for almost 10 years in Bozeman now. It was several years before I ever saw a car plugged into one. Now when I drive by, there is almost always one or two cars getting a juice. It makes me smile.

So what do we suppose the life expectancy of someone with one of those skateboards would be?

[Superhawk996]

I totally get it grandpa. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It's the future man.

What I don't get is the desire to make a really expensive EV golf cart and to pay a premium to do so and then think that somehow we've saved money or made the planet greener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

There is an abundance of EV's out there with better range than 100 miles and have they have A/C and heat to boot. All, for less than $10k . . . yet they aren't highly desired. Simply supply vs. demand.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Nissan-Leaf/2...OEAAOSwFBZdgUcP

It's not that I don't get EV's - I understand them better than the average bear. I understand both the Pro's and the Con's. It's just that the Con's rarely get addressed.

EV's have been around forever. The early 20th century auto industry was 1st heavily EV. Our beloved Dr. Porsche even played in the space a bit.

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/25/38-per...-electric-1900/

It wan't until the invention of the automatic starter that eliminated the hand crank of ICE engines that allowed ICE to really take over. Especially for the lady drivers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif)

So let's not pretend EV's are new, novel, or will single handedly change the world. Whether or not they are the future is debatable. In dense urban centers, they probably will. In areas that have vast distances to cover in a single day . . . probably not.

I'm 100% with you on max torque at 0 RPM. It simply can't be beat. I've driven all the Tesla products and they are a ton of fun in a straight line. Brutal acceleration without the usual powertrain noise is different.

Let it be noted that I've said multiple times on this site that I also don't get building up a 400 HP 914's either. Simple fact is that a Tesla P100D running Ludicrous mode will easily out run said 400 HP 914 in a straight line which what most roads in America are.

I do fully understand the desire to create, fabricate, and experiment for it's own sake . . . and for that I say hooray to the 914 EV, as well as the 400 HP 914. But in either case, let's not overlook the Pro's and Con's of such conversions.

For complete clarity . . . to each his own. Live and let live. I don't have to understand . . . . just go have fun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)