74 Electric Build Thread, Volt & Tesla Drivetrain Options

[Carl La Fong]

Interestingly, Porsche has just introduced their first electric car the Taycan. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/porsch...-car/ar-AAGNT2K
700 horse power. Yikes!! I want one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[bandjoey]

Let's see....is it the red wire or the blue wire??? Holy Moly Mamma. That's a mess of wires. Looking forward to seeing this come together

[burton73]

Electric Porsche


The hub-mounted electric motors were powered by batteries with a terminal voltage of 60 - 80 volts and a capacity of 170 - 300 ampere-hours (Ah). At a normal speed of 35 km/h the vehicle had a range of around 50 km. The Lohner-Porsche received a great deal of recognition and praise at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Lohner-Porsche electric vehicle, 1900 – Technical Museum


Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[FourBlades]

Good luck with the build. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

Folks on this site can definitely help with advice on suspension and other parts, and how to reinforce/repair the chassis. These cars rust from the inside out so look carefully for hidden rust.

You may want to consider the engman stiffening kit, I think now sold by Maddog?

I adds a lot of strength back to the center of the car to make up for rusting/age.

It is easy to install (weld in) as well.

I second the idea that the front motor may be more trouble than it is worth.

John

[cali914]

0 to 60 will be 1 second hahahahahaha. I love it wish you all the success.

[914forme]

I would recommend the 914LTD kit to re-enforce the chassis, covers omer area and goes all the way to the rear suspension outer pickup points.

In my former auto-x car I have both the engman and the 914LTD kits installed. IT is very stiff. My class I had to weigh in at 2160 lbs. I stiffened the car like crazy.

[euro911]

We acquired a fleet of VW Rabbit pick-up trucks for our maintenance department back in the early 80's. They weren't getting the range the manufacturer claimed, so we had to analyze the problem. As we were working on that issue, I sketched out an overview for an electric hybrid drive train. The design incorporated solar, regenerative braking and pulse charging with AC electric motors at each wheel, and a small displacement petrol motor for driving an AC generator to charge batteries when the vehicle was driven at night and during inclement weather conditions with low battery levels. The most efficient batteries of that era were nickel/iron.

I had a lot of push back from the 'nay-sayers' telling me that it would never make it into a major auto manufacturer's vehicle, as if it actually worked as designed, the oil industry would probably buy up and shelve the patent.

One of the other engineers in my department who was an I/C gear head looked at what I drew up and saw the possibilities. He design the ECU to pull everything together. Again, it was the 80's, so we didn't have LSI micro computers like we have today. As it turns out, the basic technology (minus the solar charging) is pretty much what ended up in Honda's and Toyota's early hybrid vehicles.

Watching this thread to see how your project turns out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

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