Electric Car Conversion Automatic Transmission

If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc.

Electric car conversion automatic transmission. Implicitly this makes sense. News links and an ongoing diary of making an electric car go to content go to navigation go to search. So what type of car is the best candidate for an electric conversion. Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions.

An electric motor delivers. I don t get it. An internal combustion vehicle has a multi speed gearbox with numerous ratios. Almost always the donor vehicle is a normal gasoline powered car that gets converted to electric.

Best of all because they also have a conversion shop and years of conversion experience plus a huge. Maurice hi brian i am glad you were able to figure this out about the automatic transmission that is electronically shifted. Nearly every electric car has a single speed transmission. Curb weight with a manual transmission.

The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology. Canadian electric vehicles also has all the accessory parts you might need to get your electric car on the road like power steering and power brake kits. Let the electric motor idle just as it would with the ice. The ev west air cooled porsche starter kit is perf.

Many other projects have been mocked up along the same lines under the theory of. Of course i would need to mount the motor where the tranny is now and get a part milled to connect the drive shaft to the motor. Building on a solid f oundation. Ev with automatic transmission by.

Some of the newer conversions are very professional and well engineered. Electric car conversion books are the place to start if you want to build an ev or convert a gas car to electric. Joel aug 13 2007 18 22 pm. The first 2010 audi s5 with a tesla electric swap recently made headlines for incorporating the audi quattro all wheel drive system and using the transmission housing to retrofit a custom gear reduction setup.

Because they have kits specific for several cars and you can get an electric car conversion kit that is essentially plug and play. A light car 2000 3000 lbs. Or how well would my car operate if i keep the auto transmission. If it s a budget conversion i d say keep the automatic.

Usually the person doing the conversion has a donor vehicle that will act as the platform for the conversion.