Electric Vehicle Conversion Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:26:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Model S + Two Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia = “Stretchla” Project by Otmar Ebenhoech https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-model-s-two-volkswagen-vanagon-westfalia-stretchla-project-otmar-ebenhoech-20140107/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-model-s-two-volkswagen-vanagon-westfalia-stretchla-project-otmar-ebenhoech-20140107/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:57:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44959 This is not a weekend project, but DIYer Otmar Ebenhoech has been fiddling with vans and electric vehicles since at least twelve years of age. As the title suggests, two Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia plus one Tesla Model S is his current project. The story starts decades ago, but perhaps more currently we could talk about […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-model-s-two-volkswagen-vanagon-westfalia-stretchla-project-otmar-ebenhoech-20140107/feed/ 0 44959 Nine-Second Mazda Miata Electric Vehicle Conversion Setting Records on the Track https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nine-second-mazda-miata-electric-vehicle-conversion-setting-records-track-20131101/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nine-second-mazda-miata-electric-vehicle-conversion-setting-records-track-20131101/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:33:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43131 There are a couple of ways to get an electric vehicle. You can buy one, such as the Tesla Model S, or you can build one, such as John Metric’s Mazda Miata. Nicknamed Assault & Battery, John Metric’s Mazda Miata has been through an electric vehicle conversion, replacing old dinosaur technology with 333V and 1100A […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nine-second-mazda-miata-electric-vehicle-conversion-setting-records-track-20131101/feed/ 3 43131 Student Project Electric Vehicle Runs On Social Media https://www.greenoptimistic.com/student-project-electric-vehicle-runs-on-social-media-20130529/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/student-project-electric-vehicle-runs-on-social-media-20130529/#respond Wed, 29 May 2013 17:07:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37785 The best way to keep kids out of trouble is to give them something constructive to do. MindDrive, this year, is helping at-risk teens to build an electric vehicle. They’re starting with a beautiful car, the 1967 Karmann Ghia, which is getting an electric vehicle conversion. By taking part in the MindDrive project, teens are […]

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