1991 toyota tercel electric car conversion
going from a 4 banger to a 8" whiz
8" DC electric motor and a 120v, 550a motor controller
cost and weight info: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r-CNc_xo1jGERDhmEcKcMpg&output=html
build thread at www.diyelectriccar.com: http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/91-toyota-tercel-build-thread-33123.html
buying the used car
20.06.2009
the internal combustion engine is removed
19.07.2009
12.09.2009
the 8" ImPulse DC electric motor arrives safely
19.09.2009
carboard mockups stand in for real lead acid batteries
21.03.2010
wooden mock up of motor mount bolted to the transaxle
23.03.2010
SSBC electric vacuum pump kit arrives via post
28.04.2010
This project is on hold, as the MTO started refusing to register and licence electric conversions sometime in February, 2010. This change in policy was not accompanied by any offical announcment, and the only way I know of it is through the efforts of the EV community. There is rumur of an offical annoucment scheduled for the summer season.
9.04.2010
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