010 Electric car conversion 101 - Dodge Neon Update Nov 2009

What's been going on lately with Tom's 300V AC Dodge Neon Electric Car.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• EV
• Dodge
• NEON
• Electric car
• electric vehicle
• diy
• forklift
• shift

[daswada9]

can i not use the gear box ?

[BenjaminNelson]

@daswada9

Yes, you can use the gear box. This car keeps the traditional manual transmission, although without a clutch.

[justin7803]

sorry but to me it looks like you took a 4 seat econo car that had a range of over 200miles and made a pretty much useless 2 seater with just enough range to MAYBE get to town and back??

[BenjaminNelson]

Tom already lives in town. The car has a 50 mile range.

That's MORE than enough for whatever he needs to do.

[renukote]

Have you guys try to install a solar power or wind turbine to charge batteries? Great job at this point and better than ford

[BenjaminNelson]

I am working on installing a solar photovoltaic system for charging a different electric car and motorcycle at my house.

Renewables are the BEST way to charge electric vehicles!

[cptnsmelly]

These videos are brilliant! I wish I had the know how to do a conversion...

[MrBry329]

u need to get a motor with regen so you can send that power back to the battery pack

[HemonDey]

The Toyota Prius Hybrid also has regen when you lift the foot off the gas pedal but the regen is only as powerful as a traditional ICE engine braking, so they don't bother with putting up the brake lights during the mile regen down. However if you hit the brakes it will do a harder regen and then swap over to hydraulic if you depress your foot more - or at least this is how I understand it. Cool project, all the best!

[halduck]

should have probably kept the clutch in the car instead of directly connecting the motor directly to the gearbox

[marcheseDS]

@mouayad888 It must be an hybrid recharging the battery when the ICE is idle, or recharging the empty battery during slowdown with regenerative braking. There is no other way of giving a significant amount of energy to the battery while moving, and you will have to recharge every now and then.

[mouayad888]

@marcheseDS well i thought about it and they r doing it right now in japan if ur following the news. and believe me, it works.

[marcheseDS]

@mouayad888 This violates physics or is a scam, either way is not something to be proud of...if you prove me wrong you will get the Nobel prize and my excuses.

[pbmartin14]

i think he would then have to keep the flywheel, which all that weight ( for the momentum) would cause much less range i think

benjaminNelson, i have a 2000 neon, it good shape, except the motor is starting to break down and its an automatic... im planning of converting it to a dc forklift motor, and cheep batts to start off, then after about a year adding lithium titate batts, ac motor, re-gen what do you think? i forgot im gonig to get a manual trans. for it from the scrap probobly