Oh right, I got that confused with the Cannonball run Rivian... I am getting old ...

I have a similar problem with my conversion I am planning.
It is likely a ca 100 volt system but when I see the number of CCS chargers on the routes I want to drive with the car I would like to have the option: Not because I want the speed of charging but just to have the freedom of choice.

I ...

Looking forward to seeing this progress as I don't live too terribly far away... (Heidelberg) ... I am Stuttgart often so maybe when I get time I will take a look once it gets closer to being finished!

I prefer topic-specific rather than Brand/Make/Model specific forums.
In another form there is an excellent thread about getting road-legal LED headlights to work but it is part of a VW Up! thread and anyone who asks a simple general question gets attacked and flayed.... they say to open a new ...

Please move or delete if this doesn't count as "news" but I have been watching these videos and there is a LOT of detail on how EVs work and of course history of GMs first production EV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db3CRxTmzv0
I grew up near where it was built but never saw one except in a ...

Jogi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:40 am It's about 300km south of you, in the north of BaWü.

Would be a day trip for a test, no problem for me.

Let's contact via PM for adresses...

Rhein-Neckar Kreis here....

Ugh, I feel your pain about the battery thing. Since EVs were banned in my local autocross clubs I seriously thought about doing something similar. Except I'd been wondering about just running the phases from one motor to the other.


Banned on what grounds?
That you will beat the pants off any ...

That's what I did with the 3kW PTC heater from Feleten. An Arduino measures the temperatures and regulates them with PWM. SSR and PTC together cost around €250. The one from KIA looks good too. Does anyone know how it is controlled?


I was going to look into Arduino for various things on my ...

I have long been looking for an ethanol heater (so I can use bio-ethanol) and so far I have not found one that would be suitable for a vehicle.

Webasto has bio-diesel ones but they are too big and clunky for my 2-seater car...

I also looked into a heat-pump form a dryer but given I am as ...

Germans more pessimistic?
Perish the thought!

So it's a hoverboard trailer then?

Nice!
I seriously thought of doing a 924 .... I had one back in the 90s....
Loved it!

One thing I was thinking is maybe a self-propelled trailer that is full of battery makes more sense.
You could use a car that is not a giant brick and if the trailer is self-propelled it would increase efficiency.
It would also mean you could detach and charge separately.

There are some self ...

Can I just say it is both calming and alarming that I was having almost the same thoughts the other day and seeing someone else going down this path makes me feel slightly less strange...

Please correct me if I am wrong but are these pretty much the same as so called "mono block" heat pump heaters/air conditioners?
I am looking for things for my Triumph Spitfire project but I think this is too big and heavy...
Still, an interesting idea!

Can we stay pragmatic and ask where would you possibly get the hydrogen?
Also, if you do find it, the cost is likely going to make the project completely impractical unless it is being done purely as a thought experiment...

I don't want to thread-drift but I read this morning about efforts to ...

Really?

This has been answered like 3x in the past month. However nobody have moved this info into the wiki pages for ease of reference.

https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=85368#p85368

https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3770


Wait until this moves to social media.. I ...

How big are each of these components?
I would like to get an idea on how to mount the all...

Interesting and thank you!

Keeping the gearbox is mostly to make it easier to get through the TÜV. The less I change the less I have to explain.

I have an aluminum bell-housing and flywheel that bring down the weight by almost 20 KG. The gearbox itself only weighs about 15 KG (I know because I ...

HI All,
I haven't posted much about my project because it is still in bits and pieces all across southwestern Germany but on the weekend I took my differential to a specialist to have it refurbished and put into an aluminum case (to save weight).

The car is a '72 Triumph Spitfire. Because of the ...

With any luck I will tackle this next year when the conversion starts in earnest...

I don't know the cell voltage but I think we are looking at only 20-22KW total.
My concern is not speed but simply if I cake a trip not being able to find a Type 2 charger close to my route.
Almost are are CCS only...

Very interesting.. now if I could find something to go the other way as my conversion will likely be AC only (sub 200 volt).

OK cool.. I will take a look!

Just to let people know I have not stopped researching this topic. :-D

Someone claimed there was a Tesla model a few years back that had AC charging only and that it had an onboard DC to AC charger converter that would allow DC charging without adapters... As with many claims on the internet I have ...