914 Electric Conversion, 914 electric conversion Options

[AmblerEV]

Ambler EV is going to officially unveil our full 914 electric conversion at our grand opening June 5, 207 & 211 South Main Street, Ambler PA. For those of you in the Philadelphia area, stop by and see the future. For those of you outside the Philadelphia area, follow our page on Facebook to see more teasers as the day get closer www.facebook.com/Amblerev. For those of you attempting this yourself, I am happy to talk end specs but questions about components used or design will not be answered (EV West is your source for that). If you are interested in buying a full electric 914 (or converting your 914 roller) so that it can handle level 2 charging, has a range over 200 miles, and will no longer contain any vacuum or 40 year old EFI electronics, stop by or email me at sam@amblerev.com.

[Shivers]

"There are variables simply out of our control like wind, traffic, and weather. However, we do our best to control what we can. We always set the tires to the manufacturer's recommended pressure, we crosscheck the speedometer with a GPS for accuracy, we charge up to 100 percent and enter the highway either immediately or within a couple of miles. Then we drive at a constant 70 mph and in long loops so we end up basically where we started. "

Ok, sounds real worldly to me. I guess I'm less of a long loop driver and more of a squiggly line kind of guy. Besides, I don't care how many playing cards you put in the spokes, it won't sound the same. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[bbrock]

"There are variables simply out of our control like wind, traffic, and weather. However, we do our best to control what we can. We always set the tires to the manufacturer's recommended pressure, we crosscheck the speedometer with a GPS for accuracy, we charge up to 100 percent and enter the highway either immediately or within a couple of miles. Then we drive at a constant 70 mph and in long loops so we end up basically where we started. "

Ok, sounds real worldly to me. I guess I'm less of a long loop driver and more of a squiggly line kind of guy. Besides, I don't care how many playing cards you put in the spokes, it won't sound the same. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I'm confused. Are you saying that those variable out of their control do not affect the range of ICE vehicles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Superhawk996]

"There are variables simply out of our control like wind, traffic, and weather. However, we do our best to control what we can. We always set the tires to the manufacturer's recommended pressure, we crosscheck the speedometer with a GPS for accuracy, we charge up to 100 percent and enter the highway either immediately or within a couple of miles. Then we drive at a constant 70 mph and in long loops so we end up basically where we started. "

Ok, sounds real worldly to me. I guess I'm less of a long loop driver and more of a squiggly line kind of guy. Besides, I don't care how many playing cards you put in the spokes, it won't sound the same. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I'm confused. Are you saying that those variable out of their control do not affect the range of ICE vehicles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Big difference when you can find fuel for an ICE virtually anywhere, and it can be fueled in 5 minutes if your range suddenly is reduced when the algorithm for range updates in a non-linear manner.

Until you've reached your planned charging destination only to find that the charging station is out of order and/or has a hour plus queue to charge, you've never really experienced range anxiety while hoping you can find another operational charger before it dies.

Not anti-EV. I'm the guy that's been telling anyone that would listen that you simply can't beat the acceleration of a Model S P100D AWD regardless of how big the engine in your 914 is.

I've also been the guy hosed by a broken single charger that I assumed would be operational. Never doing that again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

[bbrock]

Big difference when you can find fuel for an ICE virtually anywhere, and it can be fueled in 5 min if your range suddenly is reduced as the algorithm for range updates in a non-linear manner.

Until you've reached your planned charging destination only to find that the charging station is out of order and/or has a hour plus queue to charge, you've never really experienced range anxiety while hoping you can find another operational charger before it dies.

You've just described about 25% of my trips across Wyoming. Drive across in an SUV with a canoe strapped on the roof. Your normal 300 mile range suddenly drops to the low 200s and it is a LONG way between filling stations. Yeah, range anxiety is real for ICE too and I've also pulled up to the station to find it out of order. Granted, there are still a lot more gas pumps than chargers, but the same thing was said about ICE as they replaced the horse and buggy.

And yes, like I said, charge times vs filling times is about the last hurdle standing between me and going EV for the daily driver. Blank spots on the map between chargers across MT and WY are about what gasoline stations were in the early 90s. I figure by the time they get the charge times down to suit, those blank spots will be filled in. There are definitely trade-offs, but I don't understand the EV hate that boils up so quickly. Not from you.