Will our machines be saved from the electric wave ?

[Fu Manchu]

I think I posted back near the start of this thread about zeroEV in the UK that scan the cars being converted and design cross members etc that utilise only factory mounting point and structural bolt locations in the chassis, in order to create a bolt on EV conversion for a car requiring no cutting.

Well here’s something here in Australia along similar lines.
The story also features an Electric VT Commodore:
'Back to the future': Classic car lovers are converting their beloved autos to EVs


https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...g-classic-cars-to-electric-vehicles/100533104

 

[J_D 2.0]

I think I posted back near the start of this thread about zeroEV in the UK that scan the cars being converted and design cross members etc that utilise only factory mounting point and structural bolt locations in the chassis, in order to create a bolt on EV conversion for a car requiring no cutting.

Well here’s something here in Australia along similar lines.
The story also features an Electric VT Commodore:
'Back to the future': Classic car lovers are converting their beloved autos to EVs


https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...g-classic-cars-to-electric-vehicles/100533104

Would be good if you could convert existing cars for around $10k. I’d do it with the SV6 if that was the case. The only problem being the pesky computers that need to be reprogrammed to not chuck a hissy fit that the ICE has been ripped out!

 

[Derekthetree]

I think I posted back near the start of this thread about zeroEV in the UK that scan the cars being converted and design cross members etc that utilise only factory mounting point and structural bolt locations in the chassis, in order to create a bolt on EV conversion for a car requiring no cutting.

Well here’s something here in Australia along similar lines.
The story also features an Electric VT Commodore:
'Back to the future': Classic car lovers are converting their beloved autos to EVs


https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...g-classic-cars-to-electric-vehicles/100533104

I've seen one of the electric LR Defenders being built here in Melbourne.

I don't see petrol completely disappearing, and if it becomes a weekend toy thing, then the total emissions will be tiny and probably not chased. Even Paris, the most restricted low emissions zone area, allows old cars in.

I can't help feeling that by converting your classic car (not a VT Commy, sorry), it loses its soul.

 

[Ginger Beer]

If petrol production stopped, and another liquid fuel was not available, I would rather a older car converted to EV than buying a Tesla or some new other EV

 

[Immortality]

If petrol production stopped, and another liquid fuel was not available, I would rather a older car converted to EV than buying a Tesla or some new other EV

Brew your own ethanol....

 

[Fu Manchu]

Brew your own ethanol....

A very posh thing to do.

 

[Skylarking]

I think I posted back near the start of this thread about zeroEV in the UK that scan the cars being converted and design cross members etc that utilise only factory mounting point and structural bolt locations in the chassis, in order to create a bolt on EV conversion for a car requiring no cutting.

Well here’s something here in Australia along similar lines.
The story also features an Electric VT Commodore:
'Back to the future': Classic car lovers are converting their beloved autos to EVs


https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...g-classic-cars-to-electric-vehicles/100533104

Yeah but why does the article completely misrepresent the truth?

A VT commodore 1st Holden EV, I think not… Real sloppy reporting or they just didn’t care about the EV Calais built in Melbourne and fully complied with all aussie ADR’s…, here’s the RVD for it.

Also a read here https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/ev-commodore-2012-quick-spin-31435/

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Would be good if you could convert existing cars for around $10k. I’d do it with the SV6 if that was the case. The only problem being the pesky computers that need to be reprogrammed to not chuck a hissy fit that the ICE has been ripped out!

The ECU only controls the ICE, without the ICE, the ECU is redundant. (In a VT).

 

[Skylarking]

The ECU only controls the ICE, without the ICE, the ECU is redundant. (In a VT).

Problem is that at startup, during system boot so to say, other vehicle modules talk to each other. If one is missing and doesn't respond as expected, the outcome may not be good and nothing may work....

These days thre are a lot of platform features that are spread across the various contol units so it's a nightmare to mod. The new the car, the more integrated the modules and the more complex to mod People have been caught out trying to get the cluster to play nice with the transplanted engine and it's ECU, and that's ICE for ICE

That's why dumb cars are the easiest to convert to EV, you just have to worry about not blowing te headlights with the higer volts of the driveline

 

[J_D 2.0]

The ECU only controls the ICE, without the ICE, the ECU is redundant. (In a VT).

Dash cluster, combo switch, power windows, stereo, airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners. All these things either need the computer system to function or will chuck a hissy fit if they aren’t connected to other parts of the computer system and I’m sure there are other items that I haven’t thought of.

Converting a modern car to and EV would be a very difficult (expensive) exercise.