Electric Car Conversion Automatic Transmission

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Electric car conversion automatic transmission.

Maurice hi brian i am glad you were able to figure this out about the automatic transmission that is electronically shifted. Ev with automatic transmission by. Best of all because they also have a conversion shop and years of conversion experience plus a huge. Let the electric motor idle just as it would with the ice.

A light car 2000 3000 lbs. Implicitly this makes sense. The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology. Most donor vehicles have a manual transmission.

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. Curb weight with a manual transmission. Best types of cars to convert. Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions.

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. If it s a budget conversion i d say keep the automatic. Many other projects have been mocked up along the same lines under the theory of. If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc.

Or how well would my car operate if i keep the auto transmission. Because they have kits specific for several cars and you can get an electric car conversion kit that is essentially plug and play. So what type of car is the best candidate for an electric conversion. 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.

Electric car conversion questions. Joel aug 13 2007 18 22 pm. Nearly every electric car has a single speed transmission. Usually the person doing the conversion has a donor vehicle that will act as the platform for the conversion.

An electric motor delivers. Building on a solid f oundation. Some of the newer conversions are very professional and well engineered. An internal combustion vehicle has a multi speed gearbox with numerous ratios.

Electric car conversion books are the place to start if you want to build an ev or convert a gas car to electric.