# EV Small Talk **URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/c/electric-vehicle-chat/55.md?page=44 [Latest](https://community.electricforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.electricforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.electricforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 45 --- ## [New Electric 4wd Bubble car?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-electric-4wd-bubble-car/543)
**Author:** [@harringtogroup](https://community.electricforum.com/u/harringtogroup)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-electric-4wd-bubble-car/543 "2008-02-18T08:18:49Z")
Dear All, Thought you may be interested in this. We have just built our prototype Harrington BB microcar. I have kept things very quiet while we have been working on this project- but now we have covered more than 80… --- ## [Also toying with 48V](https://community.electricforum.com/t/also-toying-with-48v/506)
**Author:** [@mjamgb](https://community.electricforum.com/u/mjamgb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/also-toying-with-48v/506 "2008-02-07T11:21:54Z")
I came into a "cheap" 48V motor that was probably for forklift duty or similar and I AM GOING TO put it in a VW KG (like, what, 1300#?). The motor came with no documentation and has no build plate... does anyone know a w… --- ## [Question about reversing contactor](https://community.electricforum.com/t/question-about-reversing-contactor/534)
**Author:** [@Wirecutter](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Wirecutter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/question-about-reversing-contactor/534 "2008-02-07T11:05:08Z")
Greetings, all. I've built a couple of electric gokarts over the past year. The first had a shunt-wound motor and controller to match, and reversing was accomplished by throwing a switch, which basically told the … --- ## [Electric model plane vs. ev development](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-model-plane-vs-ev-development/532)
**Author:** [@Andreas](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Andreas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-model-plane-vs-ev-development/532 "2008-02-04T17:59:29Z")
Hello, I am an electric engineer from Finland and I have been looking into the possibility to build/buy an ev since I and my fiancée are moving out of our home town (about 10 miles). It seem to me that the development … --- ## [Improved EV battery performance - soon?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/improved-ev-battery-performance-soon/502)
**Author:** [@voltsrus](https://community.electricforum.com/u/voltsrus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/improved-ev-battery-performance-soon/502 "2008-02-04T07:39:34Z")
I am a new member, so please excuse me if this topic has already been covered. As a recent buyer of a Zenn electric vehicle, I am just wondering what might be available as replacement batteries in three or four years. I… --- ## [I NEED to build an EV - So I need some feedback](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-need-to-build-an-ev-so-i-need-some-feedback/529)
**Author:** [@nerys](https://community.electricforum.com/u/nerys)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/i-need-to-build-an-ev-so-i-need-some-feedback/529 "2008-02-04T07:28:22Z")
I can not afford to build a conventional EV. If I had $10k I would not be so worried about gas prices :frowning: SO it looks like I probably won't be able to replace my commuting vehicle but I want to start SOMEWHERE. … --- ## [EV Garden Tractor](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ev-garden-tractor/478)
**Author:** [@lenhef](https://community.electricforum.com/u/lenhef)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ev-garden-tractor/478 "2008-02-03T09:56:51Z")
I have a 30 year old John Deere garden tractor that I no longer use and having always been a tinkerer and never one to through anything away have been thinking of converting it to an electric tractor. I am new to the ele… --- ## [Intro](https://community.electricforum.com/t/intro/527)
**Author:** [@ZPD](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ZPD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/intro/527 "2008-01-31T14:54:11Z")
Hey all- I signed up today so I thought I would introduce myself. I have been contemplating an EV build for the past several years and am getting closer to actually doing it. I have been looking for a forum to exchang… --- ## [Who Killed the Electric Car?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/284)
**Author:** [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/who-killed-the-electric-car/284 "2008-01-31T01:28:02Z")
Who Killed the Electric Car? Movie review - I just watched the movie on DVD Who Killed the Electric Car? This film was fantastic. Martin Sheens voice grabs the audience as he navigates you through the film about how t… --- ## [Best EV Wheels](https://community.electricforum.com/t/best-ev-wheels/431)
**Author:** [@electric85](https://community.electricforum.com/u/electric85)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/best-ev-wheels/431 "2008-01-29T12:05:30Z")
Hey everyone i'm new to this forum and this is my first post. i'm converting a pontiac fiero www.cardomain.com/ride/2910360 (i will be making an account with www.evalbum.com soon) and am just wondering if anyone knows of… --- ## [Etek replacement](https://community.electricforum.com/t/etek-replacement/521)
**Author:** [@Paul51480](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Paul51480)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/etek-replacement/521 "2008-01-25T18:33:16Z")
If anyone was looking they don't make the Etek motor anymore but there is now a replacement made to the same specs... \[image\] Etek Replacement --- ## [Ideas for a project](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ideas-for-a-project/510)
**Author:** [@mickp](https://community.electricforum.com/u/mickp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ideas-for-a-project/510 "2008-01-16T03:33:43Z")
Hi there all this is my first post in these forums, I have always wanted to build an EV and having just finished a conversion project on a conventional petrol car I am now planning my next time and money hungry automotiv… --- ## [What the perfect donor car?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/what-the-perfect-donor-car/481)
**Author:** [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/what-the-perfect-donor-car/481 "2008-01-08T14:46:21Z")
I thought I would start this thread for fun as I get asked this question all the time via email. What is the perfect donar car for making an ev (electric vehicle) car? Post your answer ...but included post at the to… --- ## [Pb versus Li battery pack](https://community.electricforum.com/t/pb-versus-li-battery-pack/511)
**Author:** [@dtbaker](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dtbaker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/pb-versus-li-battery-pack/511 "2008-01-05T15:02:49Z")
I am just starting a conversion... 1997 Suzuki Swift. I don't need more than 25 mile range, so was planning on 12x12v Pb batteries like trojan-TMH. However, there seems to be a lot of buzz lately using the thunder sky TS… --- ## [Miles XS500](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505)
**Author:** [@John\_Bear](https://community.electricforum.com/u/John_Bear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/miles-xs500/505 "2008-01-02T11:47:00Z")
I visited the new Eco Motion electric car sales showroom in Portland, Oregon last month. Large and impressive. I had not previously known about the Miles XS500, which they say they will have "in a few months." (They are … --- ## [Happy New Year](https://community.electricforum.com/t/happy-new-year/503)
**Author:** [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/happy-new-year/503 "2008-01-01T11:51:01Z")
Hope you all have a safe and Happy New Years! - --- ## [Google.org Funds to Develop 100MPG Engine](https://community.electricforum.com/t/google-org-funds-to-develop-100mpg-engine/278)
**Author:** [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/google-org-funds-to-develop-100mpg-engine/278 "2007-12-31T10:25:10Z")
Just ran across this interesting little article about Google Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have started Google.org for funding start up companys interested in improving the world. They have confirmed a project for … --- ## [Some starting EV help please](https://community.electricforum.com/t/some-starting-ev-help-please/501)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Ryan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Ben_Ryan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/some-starting-ev-help-please/501 "2007-12-30T00:50:51Z")
Hey guys i'm new here but I am very interested in starting an EV project. I have a 1989 mercury tracer manual transmission good body condition weights about 2300 lbs with engine and others, not counting drivers weight o… --- ## [Newbie with questions](https://community.electricforum.com/t/newbie-with-questions/490)
**Author:** [@F-N\_Randy](https://community.electricforum.com/u/F-N_Randy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/newbie-with-questions/490 "2007-12-16T06:44:52Z")
Hi all... I am new to the idea of building an ev and am therefore over run with questions. I am a fabricator/mechanic, but don't know enough about DC to get this thing plan going. My first question...is it better t… --- ## [Haven't needed to add water in 40 charges - What Gives?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/havent-needed-to-add-water-in-40-charges-what-gives/474)
**Author:** [@sam62](https://community.electricforum.com/u/sam62)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/havent-needed-to-add-water-in-40-charges-what-gives/474 "2007-12-13T16:21:46Z")
I have a GEM 2002 with an unmodified zoran charger. I bought new batteries in Feb 07 and I charge them about once a week. I check the water each month and the batteries haven't used any. I hear light bubbling when the… --- ## [DIY plug in "Hybrid"](https://community.electricforum.com/t/diy-plug-in-hybrid/480)
**Author:** [@JefFZ6](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JefFZ6)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/diy-plug-in-hybrid/480 "2007-12-06T18:52:59Z")
I was thinking the other day about the possibility of taking something like a Ford Escape or Honda Element or CRV (Pretty much any compact SUV that is offered in AWD) and drive the rear wheels with an electric motor whil… --- ## [Truck with blown transistor](https://community.electricforum.com/t/truck-with-blown-transistor/477)
**Author:** [@bertmartin](https://community.electricforum.com/u/bertmartin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/truck-with-blown-transistor/477 "2007-12-03T14:00:17Z")
I am looking at purchasing a used converted EV Ranger. The seller says that it has a blown transistor in the controller. So my questions are: 1) What is entailed in repairing a blown transistor? What can cause the t… --- ## [Gavin Pulled it off!](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gavin-pulled-it-off/472)
**Author:** [@DeLorean\_4](https://community.electricforum.com/u/DeLorean_4)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gavin-pulled-it-off/472 "2007-12-03T11:40:01Z")
Incase you aren't aware of this project, a New Zealander decided to do an EV conversion about 8 months ago and has been steadily posting updates on YouTube. He did his first test run about a day ago, and here's the video… --- ## [Hey From Michigan](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hey-from-michigan/345)
**Author:** [@new\_dawn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/new_dawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/hey-from-michigan/345 "2007-11-26T06:57:12Z")
I live in a tree hugger community, Ann Arbor the home of the Wolverines, University of Michigan. I just recently finished my EV except for a fried charger. Here is a couple of pics, I have a log in Conversions Kit Electr… --- ## [Starting project- need assistance please](https://community.electricforum.com/t/starting-project-need-assistance-please/452)
**Author:** [@roverthetop](https://community.electricforum.com/u/roverthetop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/starting-project-need-assistance-please/452 "2007-11-21T10:22:18Z")
hello ev-ers... starting another project and this one i need some help with, please. the donor is a 1963 austin healy sprite. gross weight was 1328 pounds. she's completely stripped, fresh paint went on her and now i … --- ## [SW Ohio who has a EV conversion?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sw-ohio-who-has-a-ev-conversion/460)
**Author:** [@1930u](https://community.electricforum.com/u/1930u)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sw-ohio-who-has-a-ev-conversion/460 "2007-11-19T18:55:47Z")
Hi, I'm looking for someone in the Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky tri-state area that is currently building a EV conversion, either a package or component build...or someone who has one done and on the road. I would be willi… --- ## [Buying a used EV...auto loan etc](https://community.electricforum.com/t/buying-a-used-ev-auto-loan-etc/465)
**Author:** [@rajuncajun](https://community.electricforum.com/u/rajuncajun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/buying-a-used-ev-auto-loan-etc/465 "2007-11-15T06:47:57Z")
Hi, I'm seriously considering just buying a used EV. As I get further along in the conversion planning it's starting to look like I should expect to spend almost $10,000 any way you look at it, unless I leave out som… --- ## [Zivan smoother or flooded lead?](https://community.electricforum.com/t/zivan-smoother-or-flooded-lead/462)
**Author:** [@rajuncajun](https://community.electricforum.com/u/rajuncajun)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/zivan-smoother-or-flooded-lead/462 "2007-11-15T05:56:16Z")
Hey, I saw a review online of a Zivan 'smoother' that is able to monitor each battery in a string and is the voltage of a single unit drops too low, it is charged slightly from the other batteries. This seems like it… --- ## [New Evforum colors](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-evforum-colors/430)
**Author:** [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-evforum-colors/430 "2007-11-10T23:15:12Z")
We have wanted to update our forum colors for a while with a new logo and new forum look and feel for the greener look. We are not done with the new logo. Although the site is still a work in progress. I hope you all lik… --- ## [The big draw back](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-big-draw-back/440)
**Author:** [@spacemaurader](https://community.electricforum.com/u/spacemaurader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/the-big-draw-back/440 "2007-11-10T07:20:24Z")
I love the idea of electric cars. I want one. Right now they are very hard to get in Canada (where I am) plus the price is a bit of an ouch but I can get over those two hurdles. The big draw back to me is the limited ran… [Previous page](https://community.electricforum.com/c/electric-vehicle-chat/55.md?page=43) [Next page](https://community.electricforum.com/c/electric-vehicle-chat/55.md?page=45)