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Left Coast Electric converts 1978 Triumph to an electric car

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Uploaded by on Feb 20, 2007

You may have seen Gadget in "Who Killed The Electric Car?" In this clip, filmed at the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica in December, 2006, Gadget and his crew rip out the gas motor of a 1978 Triumph and add batteries and an electric motor

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  • nice project... what type of motor do you use?

  • You can enjoy Spitfire power without annoying Bill Oddie

  • engineering ingenuity! 5 stars

  • Fantastic! Congratulations on a great project. Jordi, L.A., CA

  • Fantastic! Congratulations on a great project. Jordi, L.A., CA

  • Love it. Excellent commentary. Does that guys do radio VOs?

  • there is also an EVDL mailing list where you can ask questions from others that have done it. you sound like you have the skills to make it. a 'big' problem though is the cost of the parts. it's still a bit expensive because it doesn't have mass market but with a few compromises you can actually do something relatively cheaply by using for instance a kelly controller and maybe a chinese DC motor

  • 100% electric sedans, suvs, and trucks. Cost about $30K. Max tested range 456 miles per charge. Go to lionev website.

  • Electrolysis also takes quite alot of electricity compared to simply plugging in a car, with electric cars, the electricity is sent directly, not indirectly. So there's obviously a loss of energy in this conversion process for Hydrogen.

  • the Hindenburg blew up due to static electricity from the wires holding it on the ground. It was the skin of the blimp that caught fire, due to the nature of the paint on the skin. The Hydrogen gas IS extremely flammable, but burst quickly. It doesn't bond to skin the way hydrocarbons do. only three people died from the fire, the rest died from the jumping to the ground. Also, it's very possible to produce homemade hydrogen from simple electrolysis at home. Storage is the problem.

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