What ab economic and beautiful car he has created, which does not pollute the air and which is powered virtually free for daily driving. That DC motor gives the car greater torque on take off, I assume. Congratulations, AL.
This is great, Al! I commend you for your ingenuity and tenacity! The only thing: with 6,000 batteries soldered together, I guess you drive around with a battery operated soldering gun! Really great stuff! I agree: you should sell kits!
My FORD Focus EV batteries are good for 20 years at 80% or more capacity left. After 2 years in the Phoenix heat I still have full capacity. Lithium is recyclable and considered non polluting by the EPA.
That’s one impressive BEETLE sir!! My Bug used to go well over 100 with Webber carbs and 1600 pistons etc... just took a long run up to get there but would sit there all day on the motorway .. it felt stable and ran fine ... handled brilliantly mind you it had huge tyres a body kit and a whale tail on it! lol 🤣 boy do I miss my teens!!! an electric conversion on it would’ve been Fantastic! Before I rebuilt it, it used to have thin cross- ply tyres on it, one of my lasting memory’s was driving up a hill in the snow with ease whilst all the other cars around me got stuck with their fat radials on lol!! My smile was bigger than the car itself!! 😆 and after 30years I think I may be tempted to buy another one!! 😅 I had a lot of fun times in that old car!
Would be cool if they made a simple complete Beetle EV kit that was 4 wheels with an electric hub motor in each wheel for AWD traction. With say 120 HP & 150-170 fl lbs of torque when all 4 motors engage. You get an entire pre made kit with simple wiring & installation instructions. Remove the engine, transmission,drive shafts, simply bolt the 4 wheels on,(use the old suspension & brakes) Maybe make 4 hub motors that could be bolted into the center of a few different styles/choices of wheels. Connect the 4 wiring harnesses to each wheel, put one battery pack up front & one in the rear, for even weight distribution. Now you have AWD with nice even weight distribution. You could bring a spare tire/wheel that just bolts onto the hub motor to change a flat or just bring a plug/patch kit. The battery pack would use a DC to 12V DC converter going into a simple design regular car blade fuse box to power the cars LED headlights/tail lights/turn signals (that come with the kit) blower fan, little 12V DC electric heater, 12V peltier cooling fans blowing cool air on you for AC. Add 2 flexible solar panels that bend to fit the hood & roof contour that helps keep the battery charged.
Great video. Thanks you for posting it! I am new to this and I'm curious, I wonder if you can drive the car in the rain? will not occur a short circuit ?
I would like to no wat would happen if it starts to rain and it caught in a flash flood how would that react to such situations.i love the smell of gasoline
This is so cool, I've been dreaming about an electric car for a while and an ebug is definitely a seducing one. I'd only add an efficient ac to run below the Brazil's sun, though. Very nice video. Would somebody bothered to tell me all the main components used to make the conversion? I've read tons of papers, news, forum's threads and haven't come to a conclusion about what kind of motor to use. If it's mandatory to use lifeo4 batteries (they're are expensive), why not use modern lead acid batteries instead, and so on. If anyone points me to the right direction to do a project like that I'd really appreciate it.
6 years later I bought a barely used 2012 Leaf for $6,500, but Beetle conversions are still ~$20,000 to build. I still want to build one someday but they're hardly the cheapest or best entry into electrics anymore.
A Leaf or a Model 3 are generic and seen all over the place. A classic VW converted to EV tends to universally draw positive attention and nods of approval. That's basically the entire cost difference. Most people are too pragmatic to go the exotic route.
Do a search for Headway cells. The 18650 cells he was referring to is one of their sizes. There are several websites you can find them on. They are cylindrical and blue in color when you find them.
Let me say I know nothing about electric cars though understand both classic cars and electronics. If this car had retained its clutch and used its gears would it not draw less amps pulling away? Could the gearbox not be used on descents and braking to keep motor RPM high and make the most of regen braking? What I am getting at is that if the gearbox were used as originally intended, would the potential range not be greatly extended? Could a less powerful motor not achieve the same performance with an increased range by simply choosing an appropriate gear? I just don't see the point in ditching the clutch if retaining the stock manual gearbox? What would make a good clutchless system is if the stock transmission were ditched in favor of a fixed (as in no torque converter) CVT. Just my thoughts.
Electric motors are very different from combustion engines in that concern. You just don't need to adapt the gear ratio to the driving speed and motor rpm. There is electric motors that can go from 0 to top speed. You don't need a clutch because the electric motors can pull the car from a standstill. The efficiency curve on an electric motor is pretty boring and for that reason there is not really a need for gears. Combustion engines on the other hand normally only have a relatively small part of their rpm range where they are most efficient and at any other rpm they are significantly less effective. This is why you need gears and a clutch or gears and a torque converter or a CVT to use a combustion engine in a car while you don't need them with electric motors. Electric motors don't use that much more energy when accelerating faster because it is insignificant at which rpm they are running. There is a small difference but it's not like with an ICE where you'd have to shift down to accelerate quickly which of course uses more fuel because the engine runs at a higher rpm. When you are at a lower gear with an electric motor it would have to run faster to reach the same target speed as it would in a higher gear. So there is less load on the electric motor but it has to run faster -> Energy consumption is very similar. Electric motors for cars or bigger are required by law to run at 90+% efficiency ALL the time/at every load. Combustion engines get a max 45% efficiency at one point in the rpm range There is only an advantage if you need really high performance and the electric motor would otherwise not be powerful enough. (Acceleration at max power is quicker with a lower gear while top speed is limited of course compared to the higher gear) The regenerative braking is a good point because that is actually very dependant on the motors rpm. Coincidentally I drive a hybrid car so I know that "problem" that there is less electric braking at low speeds. But for driving that is not a problem, you just step on the gas and it pulls away pretty quick, electrically with a fixed gear ratio that covers speeds from 0 - 170 km/h (Or no gears at all, I have never looked into the motor unit actually) Finally: No, it would not (significantly) use less amps to pull away at a given acceleration in a lower gear. No, range can not be (significantly) increased with a less powerful electric motor (would be almost the same) and also it could not achieve the same performance as a more powerful motor. Yes, regenerative braking works better at an higher rpm. A CVT has a big advantage with a combustion engine but a very small one with an electric motor. So I think it would just be one more part that could break and also limits the torque because from what I've heard CVTs are prone to be not strong enough - I have never actually driven one EDIT: Efficiency curve for an electric motor: www.waterworld.com/content/dam/etc/medialib/new-lib/waterworld/print-articles/volume-27/issue-11/37677.res/_jcr_content/renditions/pennwell.web.450.300.gif Efficiency curve for some combustion engine: i.stack.imgur.com/Rl5zP.gif
AC motors and controllers are a LOT more expensive! You can easily convert a bug with DC for $2k. But it would be hard to convert the same bug in AC for less than $5k. And this is without battery pack.
John Sherman theoretically he can feed his solar energy into the grid and sell it at day prices and then at night, he can charge his car on the cheaper night rate - magic!
At 5:15 - "This puts out 1000 watts, which is considerably more power than a stock Volkswagen." Err, 1000 watts = about 1.3 horsepower, about 50 less than a stock Volkswagen! I'm guessing he meant 1000 amps. 1000 amps x 120 volts = 120KW, which is about 160 horsepower, now that IS a lot more than a stock bug, must be good fun! Shame he didn't use an AC induction motor though, then he could leave it in second gear the whole time and have regenerative braking to increase the range even further.
I prefer brown I like my engine with the roar. I could convert it to alcohol. then that would be greener than electric. Because it would not contribute to fracking. which electricity usually comes form natural gas. especially when charging at night. and unlimited range.
Ehm, with the impulse motor he can still use regen braking. I'm not sure that he can do 120KW though. If he's using 18650 LiCo he's probably using laptop cells, which have a max discharge of 2C. So for a 220amp batter, that's 440amps. I think it's a 131v battery (29kwhs/220amphrs=131v), so at 440amps that's 57.6KW which is something like 77 horsepower. It's still going to be more fun than a 77 horsepower motor because of the immediate torque of an electric motor.
help me out here... apparently Tesla claims to be having around 7000 cells and gets somewhere around 250 miles, this bug has over 6000 cells but only gets 75-125 miles isn't that low?
fortune mmameshi The technology is way different when you're talking about an old Volkswagen Beetle and a Tesla Model Whatever. You really should take things into consideration like aerodynamics, quality of the components, and the components used (all around, for example this Beetle is using a gear box, Tesla doesn't use any).
+fortune mmameshi The number of battery cells is irrelevant IF the specs per battery is different. They said this car has 29 kWh total storage, Tesla Model S starts at 70 kWh for the cheapest version and goes all the way up to 90 kWh for the current top of the line version. That's anywhere between 2.4 to 3.1 more energy compared to this car which makes the range difference easier to understand.
bobcooli 17. EASY! Put your VW aircooled motor in the Nissan Leaf, and put the Nissan Leaf Motor in your Beetle. Do this overnight, so she won't notice.
i mean cost to make that vehicle....$18 is too much....add a little more and you can buy the cheapest brand new prius. or if you really want a pure electric a used nissan leaf is $10-20k..and that is a way better engineered car.
a full fuel tank is something like 160-170lbs; the motor is another 100 or so. So yeah all said and done an EV converted classic VW will be about 2-300lbs heavier, the equivalent of driving with a large-ish passenger. Considering that the conversion typically triples the motor power, and that the weight distribution tends to become more even and stable (no gas sloshing around in that tank), it's a pretty attractive deal.
@@samkhalil3784 So ??? What do you expect?? You are a wholesaler to the power company. Did you install the power wires on your street ??? The power company is in business to make$$$$ Do you work for free ??? Why do you expect the power company to ??
somebody do me a favor and forward a message to that gentleman let him know that it's you takes to 12 volt dynamos from old bicycles and mounts them in the front end on the swingarm to where they can make contact with the inside of the drum they will spend in recharging batteries self-replicating energy those two 12 volt generator should produce plenty of powers recharge all of this system while he's driving
This is better accomplished with recuperation by using the main motor when braking. Just having dynamos like you suggest would sap more energy than it would produce.
Wonder if the owner would be willing to help me convert my classic Fiat 500 to electric step by step. My car shouldn't cost that much as the green beetle since it is very small. I call it a mini beetle. Thanks!
If you do change gears what stops grinding? You said there is no clutch so when its goes through neutral wont the motor spin and have the same effect as a ice?
I'm guessing, but he might just be matching the motor/gearbox rotation perfectly on the shift. There's no reason you can't do this in the motor controller with a couple of rotation sensors and a gear shift sensor. Overall, it would be substantially less complex than a clutch and pressure plate, and it should also be a lot more reliable. Most of the work would be in the controller firmware. You might need a lock system to prevent shifting into, say, first at 90+, but then again, you might not - it depends on the design limits of the motor.
Thinking about it, you'd probably need to add a lock to the shift to accommodate the match delay caused by the rotational inertia of the motor, but that *should* be the most complex part of the system.
He actually meant to say 1000 Amps. And 1000A x 130 volts = 130kW. Possibly as much as 100 Watts at the rear wheels. 130HP. A Beetle is usually about 45HP - so three times the power of the original ICE. That will be a nice surprise to see at Traffic Lights.
That's a huge power loss in the design or system efficiency I am certain that this problem has (by now) been addressed. Love the Beetle, love the work and thought which has gone into this.
the "leaf" gets MAYBE 40 miles in range....Ill stick with my$500 1998 escort wagon that gets 32 mpg and I can go anywhere and refule within a few minuets.
There are some weirdos who drive like that; I suppose it theoretically saves the time to switch the right foot btw the pedals in case of some sudden road situation? I have tried and it's absolutely a nightmare, but I've run into one person who drives like that.
Great stuff.... The way to go... Dont buy new... Buy old and convert.. 👍 😁
What ab economic and beautiful car he has created, which does not pollute the air and which is powered virtually free for daily driving. That DC motor gives the car greater torque on take off, I assume. Congratulations, AL.
The man is a genius, I have lots of experience so I know.* The lady is beautiful and smart, Thank you
BEAUTIFULL!!! no other words for this.
This is great, Al! I commend you for your ingenuity and tenacity! The only thing: with 6,000 batteries soldered together, I guess you drive around with a battery operated soldering gun! Really great stuff! I agree: you should sell kits!
Very nice. Would love to electrify one of my VWs.
My FORD Focus EV batteries are good for 20 years at 80% or more capacity left. After 2 years in the Phoenix heat I still have full capacity. Lithium is recyclable and considered non polluting by the EPA.
"Drive like any other car .... left foot on the brake, right foot on accelerator" ... Dude, that's not normal
My goodness. This is one beautiful car.
I'm sure that many people could have a car like that without to desire huge trucks. I'm thinking to make it one!
Awesome opossum, great job.
love the green and the electrics
Great video. Thanks for posting!
Good job sir love from India
I want his solar! He can use it to charge his car at night! Brilliant!!!
He clearly has the new lunar panels. Lol
That’s one impressive BEETLE sir!!
My Bug used to go well over 100 with Webber carbs and 1600 pistons etc... just took a long run up to get there but would sit there all day on the motorway .. it felt stable and ran fine ... handled brilliantly mind you it had huge tyres a body kit and a whale tail on it! lol
🤣 boy do I miss my teens!!! an electric conversion on it would’ve been Fantastic!
Before I rebuilt it, it used to have thin cross- ply tyres on it, one of my lasting memory’s was driving up a hill in the snow with ease whilst all the other cars around me got stuck with their fat radials on lol!! My smile was bigger than the car itself!! 😆 and after 30years I think I may be tempted to buy another one!! 😅 I had a lot of fun times in that old car!
My son and I are working on our 69 Ghia that we saved from the car crusher 👍 thinking about electric as an option!
Smart enough to build an electric car. Doesn't wear his seat belt.
The old Beatles didn't come with seat belts, I installed an aftermarket lap belt in mine. I'm assuming there are lap belts
Same range and performance I get from my Nissan Leaf that I bought used for 11K with only 10K miles 3 years ago.
The downside? ... it's a Nissan Leaf... lol
Would be cool if they made a simple complete Beetle EV kit that was 4 wheels with an electric hub motor in each wheel for AWD traction. With say 120 HP & 150-170 fl lbs of torque when all 4 motors engage. You get an entire pre made kit with simple wiring & installation instructions. Remove the engine, transmission,drive shafts, simply bolt the 4 wheels on,(use the old suspension & brakes) Maybe make 4 hub motors that could be bolted into the center of a few different styles/choices of wheels. Connect the 4 wiring harnesses to each wheel, put one battery pack up front & one in the rear, for even weight distribution. Now you have AWD with nice even weight distribution. You could bring a spare tire/wheel that just bolts onto the hub motor to change a flat or just bring a plug/patch kit. The battery pack would use a DC to 12V DC converter going into a simple design regular car blade fuse box to power the cars LED headlights/tail lights/turn signals (that come with the kit) blower fan, little 12V DC electric heater, 12V peltier cooling fans blowing cool air on you for AC. Add 2 flexible solar panels that bend to fit the hood & roof contour that helps keep the battery charged.
The shapeshifters are blocking humanity from having electric cars.
Great video. Thanks you for posting it!
I am new to this and I'm curious, I wonder if you can drive the car in the rain? will not occur a short circuit ?
I would like to no wat would happen if it starts to rain and it caught in a flash flood how would that react to such situations.i love the smell of gasoline
That is one QUIET VW Beetle! You can actually hear the two talking at a normal volume level.
Sweet guy! Cool Car!
Well Done nice I love it
This is so cool, I've been dreaming about an electric car for a while and an ebug is definitely a seducing one. I'd only add an efficient ac to run below the Brazil's sun, though. Very nice video. Would somebody bothered to tell me all the main components used to make the conversion? I've read tons of papers, news, forum's threads and haven't come to a conclusion about what kind of motor to use. If it's mandatory to use lifeo4 batteries (they're are expensive), why not use modern lead acid batteries instead, and so on. If anyone points me to the right direction to do a project like that I'd really appreciate it.
Green from handling all that cash from passing everybody but the gas station ;)
que hermoso auto , cuanto quisiera tener uno
6 years later I bought a barely used 2012 Leaf for $6,500, but Beetle conversions are still ~$20,000 to build. I still want to build one someday but they're hardly the cheapest or best entry into electrics anymore.
NO ONE SAID THEY WERE. IT'S A PROJECT FOR THE GUY.
same here, I bought 2014 Leaf 3 years ago for 11K, with 10K Miles......now it has 47K with no performance loss.
A Leaf or a Model 3 are generic and seen all over the place. A classic VW converted to EV tends to universally draw positive attention and nods of approval. That's basically the entire cost difference. Most people are too pragmatic to go the exotic route.
this was made 5yrs ago,are the bugs still running and driving?
Wake Up America they never stop
FERENBACKER....YES i WOULD!
Proof you don't have make an electric car UGLY!
SIR THIS IS RAJA EJAZ FROM PAKISTAN YOUR CONVERSION IS GOOD AND CHEEPER LOVE YOU
Do a search for Headway cells. The 18650 cells he was referring to is one of their sizes. There are several websites you can find them on. They are cylindrical and blue in color when you find them.
Uses solar to charge batteries at night..... brilliant!
Let me say I know nothing about electric cars though understand both classic cars and electronics.
If this car had retained its clutch and used its gears would it not draw less amps pulling away?
Could the gearbox not be used on descents and braking to keep motor RPM high and make the most of regen braking?
What I am getting at is that if the gearbox were used as originally intended, would the potential range not be greatly extended?
Could a less powerful motor not achieve the same performance with an increased range by simply choosing an appropriate gear?
I just don't see the point in ditching the clutch if retaining the stock manual gearbox?
What would make a good clutchless system is if the stock transmission were ditched in favor of a fixed (as in no torque converter) CVT.
Just my thoughts.
Electric motors are very different from combustion engines in that concern. You just don't need to adapt the gear ratio to the driving speed and motor rpm. There is electric motors that can go from 0 to top speed. You don't need a clutch because the electric motors can pull the car from a standstill. The efficiency curve on an electric motor is pretty boring and for that reason there is not really a need for gears.
Combustion engines on the other hand normally only have a relatively small part of their rpm range where they are most efficient and at any other rpm they are significantly less effective. This is why you need gears and a clutch or gears and a torque converter or a CVT to use a combustion engine in a car while you don't need them with electric motors.
Electric motors don't use that much more energy when accelerating faster because it is insignificant at which rpm they are running. There is a small difference but it's not like with an ICE where you'd have to shift down to accelerate quickly which of course uses more fuel because the engine runs at a higher rpm.
When you are at a lower gear with an electric motor it would have to run faster to reach the same target speed as it would in a higher gear. So there is less load on the electric motor but it has to run faster -> Energy consumption is very similar. Electric motors for cars or bigger are required by law to run at 90+% efficiency ALL the time/at every load. Combustion engines get a max 45% efficiency at one point in the rpm range
There is only an advantage if you need really high performance and the electric motor would otherwise not be powerful enough. (Acceleration at max power is quicker with a lower gear while top speed is limited of course compared to the higher gear)
The regenerative braking is a good point because that is actually very dependant on the motors rpm.
Coincidentally I drive a hybrid car so I know that "problem" that there is less electric braking at low speeds. But for driving that is not a problem, you just step on the gas and it pulls away pretty quick, electrically with a fixed gear ratio that covers speeds from 0 - 170 km/h (Or no gears at all, I have never looked into the motor unit actually)
Finally:
No, it would not (significantly) use less amps to pull away at a given acceleration in a lower gear.
No, range can not be (significantly) increased with a less powerful electric motor (would be almost the same) and also it could not achieve the same performance as a more powerful motor.
Yes, regenerative braking works better at an higher rpm.
A CVT has a big advantage with a combustion engine but a very small one with an electric motor. So I think it would just be one more part that could break and also limits the torque because from what I've heard CVTs are prone to be not strong enough - I have never actually driven one
EDIT:
Efficiency curve for an electric motor:
www.waterworld.com/content/dam/etc/medialib/new-lib/waterworld/print-articles/volume-27/issue-11/37677.res/_jcr_content/renditions/pennwell.web.450.300.gif
Efficiency curve for some combustion engine:
i.stack.imgur.com/Rl5zP.gif
He said he can change gears, usually he uses 2nd gear but in the highway he uses 3rd.
Wondering about all this stuff myself.
@@timmytubede Interesting information. Thanks for that!!
AC motors and controllers are a LOT more expensive! You can easily convert a bug with DC for $2k. But it would be hard to convert the same bug in AC for less than $5k. And this is without battery pack.
he charges this at night with solar panels? That's beyond green, that's magic
John Sherman theoretically he can feed his solar energy into the grid and sell it at day prices and then at night, he can charge his car on the cheaper night rate - magic!
At 5:15 - "This puts out 1000 watts, which is considerably more power than a stock Volkswagen."
Err, 1000 watts = about 1.3 horsepower, about 50 less than a stock Volkswagen!
I'm guessing he meant 1000 amps. 1000 amps x 120 volts = 120KW, which is about 160 horsepower, now that IS a lot more than a stock bug, must be good fun!
Shame he didn't use an AC induction motor though, then he could leave it in second gear the whole time and have regenerative braking to increase the range even further.
I like it!
This is sweet
What's the cost with the purchase of the car is the accurate question?
Very Cool...Why did you not choose a DC Motor, no inverter and controller needed
I would guess the better torque and better regenerative braking which are the biggest advantages of A/C motors.
What is the status of the green bug in 2019?? Any battery upgrades, etc.??
Very nice girl!
This guy must be an electrical engineer.
nice car
Felicidades,que garantía tiene el motor?
this lady is kind of cute:))
I have the same feeling..😃
2:55 "it's got a lot more power than a regular volkswagen." that's not saying much!
They have twice the power of a conventional Beetle
amazing
I can get a used Nissan Leaf for $8000, sometimes less. I will do that when I am ready to go electric.
17k without that badass old man building it add another 17k.......
the electric motor setup you run how easy is it too be installed and what is the cost of the kit.
When there's no more gas, EVs will rule the world.
Hydrogen cars run on water you can use filtered sewer water.
@@lordtigranes9877 No they don't.
When we run out of gas, we will eat the people who drive electric cars. They are cleaner 😀
@@lordtigranes9877 you need to go back to kindergarten and start all over. But this time try to learn SOMETHING. !!!
They call them Hydrogen cars because they run on water huh? WOW, you are not the sharpest tool in the shed.
I prefer brown I like my engine with the roar. I could convert it to alcohol. then that would be greener than electric. Because it would not contribute to fracking. which electricity usually comes form natural gas. especially when charging at night. and unlimited range.
How much would it cost today?
Ehm, with the impulse motor he can still use regen braking.
I'm not sure that he can do 120KW though. If he's using 18650 LiCo he's probably using laptop cells, which have a max discharge of 2C. So for a 220amp batter, that's 440amps. I think it's a 131v battery (29kwhs/220amphrs=131v), so at 440amps that's 57.6KW which is something like 77 horsepower. It's still going to be more fun than a 77 horsepower motor because of the immediate torque of an electric motor.
help me out here... apparently Tesla claims to be having around 7000 cells and gets somewhere around 250 miles, this bug has over 6000 cells but only gets 75-125 miles isn't that low?
fortune mmameshi The technology is way different when you're talking about an old Volkswagen Beetle and a Tesla Model Whatever. You really should take things into consideration like aerodynamics, quality of the components, and the components used (all around, for example this Beetle is using a gear box, Tesla doesn't use any).
+DutchBoy 2015
Je bent helemaal off topic buddy.
+fortune mmameshi Are you that stupid? Like the only thins that effects it is the amount of batteries....
A tesla can store 85 kw in it's battery pack, this car can only do 29 so theres your range difference.
+fortune mmameshi The number of battery cells is irrelevant IF the specs per battery is different. They said this car has 29 kWh total storage, Tesla Model S starts at 70 kWh for the cheapest version and goes all the way up to 90 kWh for the current top of the line version. That's anywhere between 2.4 to 3.1 more energy compared to this car which makes the range difference easier to understand.
I was about to ask about the heating....then he answered my question.
I need some info ?
Total cost for convention?
my mum has the new Nissan leaf. i have the vw beetle that i want to put an electric motor in
bobcooli 17. EASY! Put your VW aircooled motor in the Nissan Leaf, and put the Nissan Leaf Motor in your Beetle. Do this overnight, so she won't notice.
the problem is the cost :D
i mean cost to make that vehicle....$18 is too much....add a little more and you can buy the cheapest brand new prius. or if you really want a pure electric a used nissan leaf is $10-20k..and that is a way better engineered car.
Yeah, but a Leaf will never be as classy as a Beetle.
"VW dont want to go any faster than that; they're too small and light"
IT used to be a light car, then you put ~600lbs of batteries in it...
Wouldn’t a lot of that weight be offset by the removal of the engine, and oil weight and all the things an ev doesn’t require?
@@henrykeith9542 Highly doubt it. VW bug engines were tiny.
a full fuel tank is something like 160-170lbs; the motor is another 100 or so. So yeah all said and done an EV converted classic VW will be about 2-300lbs heavier, the equivalent of driving with a large-ish passenger. Considering that the conversion typically triples the motor power, and that the weight distribution tends to become more even and stable (no gas sloshing around in that tank), it's a pretty attractive deal.
I had a 70.
0:50 "solar on the house, charge the car overnight"... Are you in Alaska???
I caught that too. I think he meant to say he has solar on the house and the batteries he charges during the day charges the car at night.
Obviously.
He means, in conjunction with the grid !!!
During day you sell electricity to grid, at nigbt you buy from grid.
@@tisiluca The problem with that formula is you are selling the electricity for .03 /Kilowatt and buying it back at .16 /Kilowatt
@@samkhalil3784
So ???
What do you expect??
You are a wholesaler to the power company. Did you install the power wires on your street ???
The power company is in business to make$$$$
Do you work for free ???
Why do you expect the power company to ??
Isnt an AC induction motor the same as a brushless DC motor?
somebody do me a favor and forward a message to that gentleman let him know that it's you takes to 12 volt dynamos from old bicycles and mounts them in the front end on the swingarm to where they can make contact with the inside of the drum they will spend in recharging batteries self-replicating energy those two 12 volt generator should produce plenty of powers recharge all of this system while he's driving
This is better accomplished with recuperation by using the main motor when braking. Just having dynamos like you suggest would sap more energy than it would produce.
Driver without seatbelt?
Wonder if the owner would be willing to help me convert my classic Fiat 500 to electric step by step. My car shouldn't cost that much as the green beetle since it is very small. I call it a mini beetle. Thanks!
How to be part of the movement to accelerate electrification
man i am looking for that too if you have something please tell me greetings
Can you please help me with your email address?
@@mosesadoyo9544 byronclapton@hotmail.com if you are going to create a group or a crew thanks greetings
@@bayroncastillo7653 thanks. I will get in touch with you soon.
Sorry, i wanted the email address of the guy who converted this beetle into electric. I'm interested in this project.
Why so much money for just 125miles of range?
i would assume both. so i would subtract 5-8k from that price for just the components
They look alike
I'm a big fan of EV. But who can afford it? That bug originally cost less than 2000$
This was 8 years ago. So many used EV cars on the road that getting these parts second hand can be a lot cheaper.
If you do change gears what stops grinding? You said there is no clutch so when its goes through neutral wont the motor spin and have the same effect as a ice?
I'm guessing, but he might just be matching the motor/gearbox rotation perfectly on the shift. There's no reason you can't do this in the motor controller with a couple of rotation sensors and a gear shift sensor. Overall, it would be substantially less complex than a clutch and pressure plate, and it should also be a lot more reliable. Most of the work would be in the controller firmware. You might need a lock system to prevent shifting into, say, first at 90+, but then again, you might not - it depends on the design limits of the motor.
Thinking about it, you'd probably need to add a lock to the shift to accommodate the match delay caused by the rotational inertia of the motor, but that *should* be the most complex part of the system.
Who else uses their left foot for braking? Two foot drivers, is that why your brake lights keep flashing at me on the highways?
DEAR GIGAOM HOW CAN I GET CONTAC WITH YOU I LIVE NEAR SAN FRANCISCO CAL.
funny it still is an aircooled bug
6,000 batteries, $18,000 cost. Running batteries too low can ruin them, sounds like could be expensive refill.
CAN I BUY THE CAR OR GET ANOTHER ONE?
Dude, no need to shout...........
The $18,000 dollar investment is just for the electric conversion, not restoration right?
IT'S A SIDE PROJECT. HE'S NOT BUILDING A TESLA FIGHTER.
Right
good video but dude let the lady finish her sentences
lol green u mean cash ........ i get it :)
i am going green ......... by putting a V8 in a bug •••••••••••••
Which motor please full details of motor
NetGain HyPer9, made in Italy. I would buy it from EV West or Canadian EV.
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1000 watts is 1.3HP. Pretty sure the original bug had more than that, dude.
Does that car look like its being pushed my a 1.3hp motor?
Well, 1hp is 750 Watts. At 2:19 he says 1000 Watts which would be 1.3hp.
MarkBits He must have misspoke. The performance of that car looks closer to 100 kw.
He actually meant to say 1000 Amps. And 1000A x 130 volts = 130kW. Possibly as much as 100 Watts at the rear wheels. 130HP. A Beetle is usually about 45HP - so three times the power of the original ICE. That will be a nice surprise to see at Traffic Lights.
i guess 1000w is the heat dissipated due to pwm losses
That's a huge power loss in the design or system efficiency I am certain that this problem has (by now) been addressed. Love the Beetle, love the work and thought which has gone into this.
How much am a buyer
1600 horsepower
the "leaf" gets MAYBE 40 miles in range....Ill stick with my$500 1998 escort wagon that gets 32 mpg and I can go anywhere and refule within a few minuets.
40 miles? What Leaf are you looking at? Even an older Leaf with a worn-out battery will do 60-70 miles easily.
EDUCATE YOURSELF DUDE. DAM YOUR LIVING UP TO THE "SURFER DUDE" STEREOTYPE.
I can't believe that I just found this car for sale on Craigslist! How random is that?!
sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4569745409.html
Or. Some. One. Arrown. New. Jersey. Thank you...
Katie is cute af. She party??
branchement parallèle = 10 batteries a 12V = 12V
branchement parallèle 10 batteries a 100 ampères = 1000 ampères
donc 1000 * 12 = 12000 w
120 000 / 750 = 160, horsepower = 7,5 ou 75
Nissan leaf looks stupid in my opinion
@4:36 why?
There are some weirdos who drive like that; I suppose it theoretically saves the time to switch the right foot btw the pedals in case of some sudden road situation? I have tried and it's absolutely a nightmare, but I've run into one person who drives like that.
120 000 / 75 = 1600