drove an electric speedster today

John let me drive his electric speedster this morning. Was like driving one of the cars at Disneyland

Tell us the details....

ALAN, IM NOT A MECHANIC BUT IN LAYMANS TERMS I SIMPLY TURNED THE KEY TO THE RIGHT, PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE NOT USING THE CLUTCH, PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR WENT BACKWARDS WITH NO NOISE. WAS LIKE DRIVING A GOLF CART. PUT THE CAR IN THIRD WITHOUT USING THE CLUTCH AND TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK. GOT UP TO 50 IN THIRD GEAR IN NO TIME. WHEN I GOT BACK JOHN TOLD ME IF I WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN FOURTH IT WOULD HAVE GONE MUCH FASTER. ABSOLUTELY NOISE FREE

did you take any pictures?

That's cool!

NO PICS DIDNT HAVE A CAMERA, DIDNT KNOW HE HAD IT WORKING TO BE HONEST. HAVE WATCHED IT PROGRESS THRU THE MONTHS WITH THE CELLS HE HAS BEEN USING AND THEIR INSTALLATION

Gerd:

There's a surprising number of those electro-volks conversions kicking around. I tried to interest the guys at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (www.wpi.edu) in converting Pearl, but they're off in another direction (told me they converted a VW Vanagon a few years ago, so that's old hat!)

Here's a site from MIT: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/porsche-0605.html

and another one for the conversions themselves: http://www.electroauto.com/gallery/vp914.shtml

Pretty cool stuff....

gn

PRETTY KEWL STUFF
WAS A KICK TO DRIVE

Was there an area on the back of the car to strap your clubs?!

(psssst Gerd - your CAPS lock is on) ;)

paul i know i know bad habit and to old to break

MUSBJIM UBECRAZY

Gerd, that's "Moose-pee-Jim". Just ask Dusty.

Turnkey anyone?




http://www.kulukin.com/evcars/356.html

I have talked with the folks at Electric Auto. the basic electric converson kits are around $3,000 Doesthat sound right to you guys?

that kulukin phone is out of order. i wonder where in calif they are

this whole post is electrifying and shocking..

Hey Gerd,

How come he let you drove around the block, he only let me drove around the parking lot. But you are right, it is noiseless and feels like a golf cart, I guess a much faster golf cart

damn eddy i shouldnt tell u its in my garage right now :)

revolting too !

I gotta admit that I'm getting a charge out of this thread.

looks like a Thunder Ranch Vehicle, and it looks like a Thunder Ranch ad. The telephone number is a St. Paul Minnesota number
with a downtown prefix. It's a cool looking ad


tim

They defintely copped most of the pictures and copy from the TR website - hopefully with Tom McBurnie's persission.

"persission" is, of course, an uncommomly used synonym for "permission"

Of course...

Just as in on the website, "cumbustion" is an uncommonly used synonym for "combustion".

'Watt' do you suppose is the electric car mantra...'Ohm sweet Ohm'!

Could be "Ohm on the range", or "Sweet Ohm Alab-Amp-a".

Yeesh - those puns are pretty revolting.

Ok, I'll stop now.

EV pegasus logo for nerds .
http://www.myinsulators.com/chris/reddysmall.jpg

Saw an electric Karmann Ghia conversion at a recent car show. They had him slotted between two blown '32 Hi-boy roadsters. Thought that was kinda cruel.

for who? ;)

Umm - do electric bikes count? I'm obsessed with electric assisted bikes!

I have three electrics. My pride is a Day 6 bike with a Bionx motor on the rear and a Lithium Ion battery, been riding it for over a year and a half.

This week I put together a 48 volt 25 amp front wheel drive electric bike which hit 25 mph easy.

Also a 36 volt which I use to haul a trailer.

There is a Tadpole (two front wheels and one rear) here in town and the owner claims 35 mph with a Bionx 500 Watt motor.

Would be cool if I could get a battery from a wrecked Prius or something. DeWalt lithium batteries have been tried.