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mandraks
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 Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:39 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart 
If electric had the range, I might be swayed. |
Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.
Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though |
Can these electric VW Bus or Bug conversions do 250? I'm not talking about all the rest, those go without saying. |
from page 3:
If we decide to fit just 10 of the 16 [Tesla] modules I predict the bus range will be ~180 miles.
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Busstom
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:20 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart
If electric had the range, I might be swayed. |
Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.
Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though |
Can these electric VW Bus or Bug conversions do 250? I'm not talking about all the rest, those go without saying. |
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perello
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:36 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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to me range should not be an issue,,,but charging time and cost is.
When a full charge can be done in 3 minutes then we are talking. Before that... is just a bad joke.
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typ914
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:53 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| In my (very) younger days, mid to late 70s, when the energy crisis was in full swing i read all I could about those early elec cars. Then I figured why use batteries when you could just generate your own electricity in the car. Why not put a steam engine in it and let the steam engine generate electricity turning a generator. Which evolved in to using a stem turbine. I couldn't find anyone to sell me any plutonium to power my steam turbine. Maybe now with Amozon? |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:55 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| Busstom wrote: |
I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart
If electric had the range, I might be swayed. |
Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.
Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though
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Busstom
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:14 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart
If electric had the range, I might be swayed. |
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alexbeatle
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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Finally ready to install the cups, driveshafts, and fill up the transmission oil 
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Awesome build, Kevin.
Building something similar myself. The SDU can provide max 243lb*ft torque, can these handle that? What about the rest of the rear driveshaft? |
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:36 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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This member posted "electric car" videos all over the site that had nothing to do with the actual thread topic at hand or VWs.
It got reported by members... A LOT.
You can post about your Bus here - that is fine.
Nothing was removed from this thread and I don't believe anything was removed that was VW-related.
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Erik G
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 7:47 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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Lots electric car posts are being deleted and i'm not going to bother with this forum any more. Feel free to follow our progress on the Open Inverter forum;
https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=37 |
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:55 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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so much Tesla battery plumbing 
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:14 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| That has front and rear power units with regenerative braking and charging right (without rereading)? |
This version has a single rear motor and is limited to *just* ~300HP 
The dual motor version is being developed in the far east... it has a bespoke chassis to handle ~1000HP in it's most extreme version 
All the vehicles have regenerative braking, single/three phase AC charging and rapid DC charging. |
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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Beyond anything like it.
I'd like to see it one-on-one with the Volkswagen IECC Type 20.
That has front and rear power units with regenerative braking and charging right (without rereading)? |
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| I was really hoping to see the tesla power unleashed with a massive burnout |
Soon |
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western auto
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:57 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| I was really hoping to see the tesla power unleashed with a massive burnout |
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:57 am Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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Amazing what you can test with a $50 Prius battery
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EverettB
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vwwestyman
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Kevin Sharpe
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| It's been about five months since the last real update on the split window bus project. Did you ever get it on the road? What are your plans moving forward? |
Sorry we've been busy moving and starting another business teaching people to build electric cars
Last week we had the automotive engineers inspection on the bus and can now apply to have the vehicle tax registration changed to electric drive. Once the legal stuff is out of the way we can put the bus on the road and start driving it daily
I will get some decent video made showing the final build.
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| Here's my big bus... |
That's beautiful! |
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Busstom
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive |
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| The bus also just appeared on the Extreme RVs show on the Great American Country channel. They'll be replaying it a few times over the next two months. There schedule is here: https://www.greatamericancountry.com/shows/extreme-rvs/episodes/500/keep-on-truckin I've also been told that the episode can be purchased for somewhere around $2 on amazon prime... it's season 5, episode 2 of the show. |
Unreal, that thing must be a blast. I'll go out on a limb and say the 34 minute video is a tad more comprehensive than the GAC feature, thanks for sharing. |
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