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Do You Need A Clutch For DIY Electric Car?

Clutch Or No Clutch? Do you need a clutch for a DIY electric car conversion? Some people would prefer a clutch system on the EV to shift gears on the go. In fact, when you are driving a homemade electric car, you can just leave it in 2nd or 3rd gear. All you have to [...]

By | 2012-08-17T14:11:00+08:00 June 24th, 2009|New Zealand|Comments Off on Do You Need A Clutch For DIY Electric Car?

Preparing The Electric Donor Car – Gavin Shoebridge Style

One way of saving money on a Do It Yourself (DIY) electric car conversion is to get an old [tag-tec]gasoline driven car[/tag-tec] as the project donor vehicle. No doubt an old and busted car is cheap, but it comes with a few extra. Usually you will get a "rust" paint job and extra holes on [...]

By | 2012-08-17T14:13:38+08:00 June 6th, 2009|New Zealand|Comments Off on Preparing The Electric Donor Car – Gavin Shoebridge Style

Electric Car New Zealand – Taking Things Out

Taking Parts Out Manually Here a follow up video on Gavin Shoebridge electric car conversion project in New Zealand. This is where Gavin manually removes all the redundant car parts in an old gasoline driven Mitsubishi "Treadia". Since Gavin is building a [tag-tec]pure electric car[/tag-tec], the following bits and pieces are not needed. Gas tank [...]

By | 2012-08-18T07:51:55+08:00 May 30th, 2009|New Zealand|Comments Off on Electric Car New Zealand – Taking Things Out