Tag Archives: electric car

Letterman – General Motors Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz

General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz introduces Dave to the Volt electric car.

Volvo Electric Car ReCharge Concept hybrid In-Wheel Motor EV

SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Volvo Electric Car recharge Concept hybrid In-Wheel Motor EV Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest [...]

Electric Mini with PML Wheel Motors

SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Electric car EV Mini QED with PML Wheel Motors Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest [...]

Electric Car in-wheel motor Siemens eCorner

SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Ferdinand Porsche put wheel motors on a battery electric car in 1897. They built about 300 of them and there were 4WD & FWD versions. He also made a hybrid version. Amazing that 112 years later Wheel motors still aren’t in mass [...]

Energy Costs of Driving Electric Cars

The media are full of news about electric cars. The $100,000 Tesla electric sports car is going to be sold soon, automakers are falling over each other to announce new electric vehicles, and entrepreneurs across the world are jockeying for venture capital.
Petroleum prices have jumped during the last year and everybody is feeling the [...]

Gas and Electric Car: Will This be our Cheaper Alternative?

The ever increasing gasoline burden is making people think afresh about alternative sources of energy and with the alarming effects of the greenhouse effect the need for gas and electric cars has become more pronounced. These vehicles are known as hybrid vehicles and a number of different types are available using alternative sources of energy. [...]

EV motor controller

I wanted to show you how I decided to mount my controller in the electric car I’m putting together . JW

Update: Electric Car Conversion using Siemens AC motor and home made 3 phase controller.

Driving my Electric Car with my home made 3 phase inverter running a Siemens Ford Motor. My inverter is now running Sensorless vector mode allowing me to control motor torque.

Electric Conversion Made Easy – Electric Motors For Cars

As gasoline prices continue to rise, more and more people are looking for ways to lessen transportation costs. One of the solutions that many people have started to consider is electric motors for cars. This might just be the solution to feasible ways to cut extra costs when traveling.  Instead of going on fewer vacations [...]

Electric Car Motor Conversion – DIY Electric Vehicle Conversion

Most people nowadays are considering doing an electric car motor conversion. This is because of the rising fuel prices that inflated their car gasoline expense bill. With most household having more than one car, gasoline expenses have become a major issue. Unfortunately, sending a car to a professional garage to be retrofitted into an Electric [...]

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