Electric VW Project

This is a project to convert a gas powered 1986 Volkswagen into a 100% electrically powered vehicle. The conversion will entail removing all the gasoline associated equipment and replacing with an electric motor, sixteen 6-volt golf cart batteries and associated electronic controls. The batteries will be recharged using standard 115 or 230 volt household outlets. Initial performance is expected to be: 30-40 mile driving range between recharging and an available highway cruising speed of 65 MPH.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

UPDATE: July 31, 2007

On The Verge

A lot was accomplished today:

The suspension struts were installed, along with the new heavy duty springs. The new springs were calibrated just right. The ride height is just as I wanted. As you may recall, the original car had been lowered about two inches. This has been preserved ... looks cool!

The charger wiring and interlock relay wiring was completed. (The interlock relay prevents the car from operating when the charger is plugged in.)

All sixteen batteries were installed, but not wired together yet. That task is for tomorrow.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be POWER UP day!