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Hi, New to the DIY-EV space with limited mechanical knowledge/skill-set - orienting myself.
So, I had some stupid electrical issues with my current car where cost to fix aren't worth it.
I decided to look at classic cars and came across a '73 Convertible Beetle with LPG tank (~940 kg /2000 lb curb weight) that put my daily driving costs at around 3 cents - then came across existing VW-B EV conversions and want to plan towards purchasing a car for future conversion.
My daily commute to work is ~30 km (~20 miles) one way. The usual farthest I drive to visit family is ~150 km (95 miles). Additionally, 99% of the time I drive on totally flat roads with no hills (or like a 5% incline etc.). Ideally infinite range and infinite performance, but I don't know specifically what the requirements are and read a few weeks ago that major battery innovation is on the horizon. How much to spend? Depends, i'd hope to stay under 10K Euro. My plan is to keep it for a long time so costs depend on performance and lifetime of parts (ie a high performance motor which will never fail and requires no maintenance is valuable
) etc.
So I have some questions;
(Since I havent purchased car yet I have options) I've read that manual is better than automatic for conversion. And, that practically I can just leave it in 3rd gear all the time. How much 'less efficient' is automatic? how much "efficiency is lost" from manual always running in 3rd gear?
I have an idea of creating a very clean interior/dashboard, if I wanted to change from the floor shift to a column shift - is that possible? is it easier on a manual or automatic?
If I wanted to install cruise control, is this possible with EV (specific parts?) - I've seen conversion kits don't know if special points to consider for EV.
I've seen posts that the Warp 9 can perform 0-60 in 4 seconds on the VW, the Hyper-9 0-60 in 5-6 seconds. Does anyone have built list / item list for me to begin looking? what are the most compact/lightest motors with most power? most efficient? etc.?
So, I had some stupid electrical issues with my current car where cost to fix aren't worth it.
I decided to look at classic cars and came across a '73 Convertible Beetle with LPG tank (~940 kg /2000 lb curb weight) that put my daily driving costs at around 3 cents - then came across existing VW-B EV conversions and want to plan towards purchasing a car for future conversion.
My daily commute to work is ~30 km (~20 miles) one way. The usual farthest I drive to visit family is ~150 km (95 miles). Additionally, 99% of the time I drive on totally flat roads with no hills (or like a 5% incline etc.). Ideally infinite range and infinite performance, but I don't know specifically what the requirements are and read a few weeks ago that major battery innovation is on the horizon. How much to spend? Depends, i'd hope to stay under 10K Euro. My plan is to keep it for a long time so costs depend on performance and lifetime of parts (ie a high performance motor which will never fail and requires no maintenance is valuable
So I have some questions;
(Since I havent purchased car yet I have options) I've read that manual is better than automatic for conversion. And, that practically I can just leave it in 3rd gear all the time. How much 'less efficient' is automatic? how much "efficiency is lost" from manual always running in 3rd gear?
I have an idea of creating a very clean interior/dashboard, if I wanted to change from the floor shift to a column shift - is that possible? is it easier on a manual or automatic?
If I wanted to install cruise control, is this possible with EV (specific parts?) - I've seen conversion kits don't know if special points to consider for EV.
I've seen posts that the Warp 9 can perform 0-60 in 4 seconds on the VW, the Hyper-9 0-60 in 5-6 seconds. Does anyone have built list / item list for me to begin looking? what are the most compact/lightest motors with most power? most efficient? etc.?