Have you seen electric cars covered with solar panels? If you were to convert a conventional automobile to run on electric power, should you include some Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the EV to charge the battery bank? I’ve came across this question in a forum recently and I thought of doing some research on it. [...]
Many people may not have heard of Gavin Shoebridge of New Zealand unless they are Do It Yourself (DIY) electric car enthusiasts. In the EV conversion field, Gavin is known as The EV Guy. Many people were very impressed by his work of converting an old Mitsubishi Tredia into a pure plug-in electric vehicle (EV). [...]
What would a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle look like if you were to convert it to run on pure electricity? Well, firstly, if you were to paint it candy red with lightning bolts painted on the front of the hood, it will look damn cool! That is exactly what Dale Kling of Otsego, Michigan did to [...]