Hey, friends! My buddy and I recently decided to try an electric conversion.
We found a working base-model 1994 Honda Acty in a used car lot, and it seemed to be a good fit. Manual transmission, manual steering, manual windows. Light, small frame. Plenty of room for batteries in the pickup bed. Rear wheel drive, right under the batteries.
Neither of us has much experience working with cars, but we used to kit-bash old computer parts together to get them to run operating systems they were never meant to run. We once turned a 1991 Mac LC into a web server. We were looking for a more 21st century engineering challenge, and settled on this. I am quite sure we will screw something up horribly, but that's part of the fun!
For me, the goal is not to make the World's Greatest EV, but to make an EV that starts and stops and does not catch fire.
As far as components we have so far - just the Acty. Everything in it seems to work great. We are researching parts, but thought it was smart to post here before we spent more money.
So, if this were your conversion project - where would you begin?
Please don't judge us for being beginners! We're committed to doing the research, and we don't mind if we fall short. We figure the worst thing that can happen is we ruin a 1994 Honda Acty.
We found a working base-model 1994 Honda Acty in a used car lot, and it seemed to be a good fit. Manual transmission, manual steering, manual windows. Light, small frame. Plenty of room for batteries in the pickup bed. Rear wheel drive, right under the batteries.
Neither of us has much experience working with cars, but we used to kit-bash old computer parts together to get them to run operating systems they were never meant to run. We once turned a 1991 Mac LC into a web server. We were looking for a more 21st century engineering challenge, and settled on this. I am quite sure we will screw something up horribly, but that's part of the fun!
For me, the goal is not to make the World's Greatest EV, but to make an EV that starts and stops and does not catch fire.
As far as components we have so far - just the Acty. Everything in it seems to work great. We are researching parts, but thought it was smart to post here before we spent more money.
So, if this were your conversion project - where would you begin?
Please don't judge us for being beginners! We're committed to doing the research, and we don't mind if we fall short. We figure the worst thing that can happen is we ruin a 1994 Honda Acty.