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Old 09-12-2022, 12:52 AM   #1
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EV Hub Motor Conversion

Years back, I saw a company that intended to make EV conversion using wheel motors and car specific suspension to make it a bolt on conversion.

I have since lost track of the company and can no longer find the information.

Can anyone jog my memory or point me in a direction.

The idea of scrapping the engine and transmission, putting on wheel hub motors and using the engine compartment for batteries (and some more in the back) is a tantalizing concept for me.
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Old 09-12-2022, 05:34 AM   #2
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Did you hear California doesnt want you charging your electric vehicle because they don’t have the Capacity for that? Right now about a half a percent of all vehicles in California are electric.

Just imagine what would happen if 10% were.

Everybody thinks the future is electric cars. It’s pretty clear we don’t have the infrastructure for it. That and 40% of our electricity comes from burning coal.

Sorry to throw cold water on your plans, but someone’s got to Live in the real world..
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Old 09-12-2022, 02:46 PM   #3
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Did you hear California doesnt want you charging your electric vehicle because they don’t have the Capacity for that? Right now about a half a percent of all vehicles in California are electric.

Just imagine what would happen if 10% were.

Everybody thinks the future is electric cars. It’s pretty clear we don’t have the infrastructure for it. That and 40% of our electricity comes from burning coal.

Sorry to throw cold water on your plans, but someone’s got to Live in the real world..
Everything you said was wrong.

Grow up
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Old 09-12-2022, 03:47 PM   #4
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Would this work? Unless you can figure out how to use three wheels, it’s gonna be $10,000.


http://www.cnqsmotor.com/en/article_...0kits/567.html
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Old 09-12-2022, 03:55 PM   #5
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It’s true there’s only a problem because of the high temperatures currently exist in California. A small fraction of vehicles in California are electric right now.

But what if 75% of them were? Maybe 10 times the number there are now? There would at least be rolling blackouts and probably The grid would go poof


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/u...-charging.html
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Old 09-12-2022, 08:52 PM   #6
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Would this work? Unless you can figure out how to use three wheels, it’s gonna be $10,000.


http://www.cnqsmotor.com/en/article_...0kits/567.html
Yeah, I saw that. It's a good start, but I thought there was a Yaris specific kit and they might have given up on the project.
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Old 09-12-2022, 08:53 PM   #7
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It’s true there’s only a problem because of the high temperatures currently exist in California. A small fraction of vehicles in California are electric right now.

But what if 75% of them were? Maybe 10 times the number there are now? There would at least be rolling blackouts and probably The grid would go poof


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/u...-charging.html
Well, 1, I'm not in cali.

2. a smart grid would be able to deal with it and be profitable to solar and power wall users and Direct to Grid Ev owners.
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Old 09-15-2022, 12:53 AM   #8
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that kit is terifyingly bad

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