Hi all, Sorry that this is not a 100% EV question, but I already drive an EV (Bolt/Ampera-e) as a daily. And my classic petrol car (Toyota MR2 1985) is now slower than my daily driver :p I already have knowledge about motors and battery systems, however, I am doubting how you could add a small...

Hello all, I thought I would start a build thread. I have ordered a K1-attack kit car. I have started the assembly. My plan is to have a Tesla drive train. I am sourcing from EV-West. Hopefully that was a good company to partner with. I am waiting on batteries until the build is further...

Hello everyone and welcome to my first EV conversion project. I love cars. Driving and modifying them and everything that goes with them. I like racing and autocross, taking relaxing drives on twisty mountain roads, and driving on gnarly 4x4 trails. My conversion is a 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser...

10 years ago a novel DIYer came up with a dang fine instrument to monitor his system. It was the Cycle Analyst from ebikes. It was designed for bicycles but it's an amazing instrument and works well with EV's. It calculates your watthours per mile, monitors the pack voltage and current and...

OK folks, after a lot of consideration, and a desire to have 100kwh of battery in the truck, I have come to the conclusion that the Volt packs won't cut it, mostly for form factor reasons. They are a PITA to make fit in the space allotted and cooling is also complicated. Therefor, I am...