electricyaris.com

[MetroMPG]

Another conversion diary. Just started the project.

http://electricyaris.com

[repete86]

Cool. It seems like alot of people are doing this these days. Hell, if I had the technical know-how and money, I might pick up an older light vehicle like a CRX or a Tercel to convert.

[smartzuuk]

Are there really only two posts there?

[FormulaTwo]

Not a whole lot of info on that site.

Apparently this guy has money.

Interesting concept. buy a new car... Strip it of everything..... Put the parts on ebay to make money for the car payment.

[cfg83]

Hello -

Here's a shop doing it in LA :

http://www.leftcoastconversions.com/index.php

http://www.laweekly.com/general/feat...ric-car/13975/

Bring your car (a vintage CRX maybe, woo hoo!?!?!?!) and he can do it, or you can buy a kit for about $17,000 with batteries.

The LA Weekly article is better than the website,

CarloSW2

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by FormulaTwo

Not a whole lot of info on that site.

Nope - he literally just started the project. The first post and only post on his site is dated Nov. 1. I suspect if you go back each week or so we'll see an update. Sort of like the ForkenSwift thread.

Originally Posted by repete86

Hell, if I had the technical know-how and money, I might pick up an older light vehicle like a CRX or a Tercel to convert.

Hey, I don't have either the technical know-how OR the money, and it hasn't stopped me

I think they're cool transportation technology, and I can hardly wait to drive the ForkenSwift. But I also know they don't make sense for everyone (with current battery limitations & price issues).

[MetroMPG]

Here's another conversion of a brand new Echo/Yaris:

This Australian bought his Yaris (a.k.a. Echo in North America & Aus.) new in '04 and documented his conversion.

He even uses renewable electricity, so it's that much more green:

http://www.electric-echo.com/

[Silveredwings]

Yeah I've seen that one a while back (when it was in prog.). It's nicely done. I'd like to echo his work on a Yaris or xA.

[The Toecutter]

Here he's going to drop all of this cash on a new car and use a 192V AGM lead acid pack? 16 Exide Orbitals would get him about 25 miles range to 100% discharge in that car.

Whatever floats his boat, but that money spent on a new car would be better spent on a set of NiCds... A CRX with about 1,000 pounds of NiCds would have little trouble doing 120+ miles range at 60 mph. Although, I can understand AGMs from a performance perspective. He is planning on a 300V Zilla controller, after all. I'd estimate with 3,000 lbs curb weight, 192V of Exide Orbitals, a Zilla 1k controller, and WarP 9" motor, this car will do 0-60 mph in the low to mid 7 seconds area and 1/4 mile in the mid to upper 15s. This doesn't factor in whether the car is front or rear wheel drive. I don't know much about the Yaris. If it's FWD, it may be doing 16s-17s in the 1/4 mile drag race, instead of 15s. Traction is a ***** for FWD EVs.

Here's his austinev.org entry:

http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/922

[MetroMPG]

Another echo/yaris sibling about to go electric:




Documenting the conversion of a Scion Xa gas (ICE) to electric (BEV).
http://www.evconvert.blogspot.com/

(Just started - not much there yet.)