Porsche 914 Electric Car

Porsche 914 elevtric car conversion. www.grassrootsev.com

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[ghostrider10j]

22 people have a v8 swap

[laissezmoi2]

@Neuguy69 if YOU'RE (notice proper grammar, idiot) so passionate about it, why don't you buy it from him and convert it back. Holy sh*t, man, chill the F out. It's just a car, and I would hardly compare it to the Mona Lisa. 914's aren't exactly one of a kind. Unfortunately, neither are you. Douche.

[coolruckus]

great concept..have fun with that 914!!

[gav240z]

How much is the entire kit? Shame it's for 914's there so damn ugly. I want an EV though :)

[Gasssolo]

This is the future-stop hating on it! Actually I think it is nice to see the transition between the two generations. This car represents both

[ThePockie]

so what? will it run???

[baconsplace]

A lot of posts pour scorn on electric vehicles saying that you move polution from oil to coal when you do this kind of project. there is NO comparision between a motor that is 80% efficient , has hardly any moving parts, no lube, filters, oil to a petrol engine. It costs a relatively small amount of electric generation to power an EV in place of the pools of gas that cars consume.

[Juandariorsr]

The truth is we are going to continue to increase the use of electricity and that is not the real problem. the problem is power generation, and an aging distribution grid, I'm all for nuclear power, and please dont bring what happened in Japan in March because those are different set of conditions there, nuclear power generation has evolved and can be build to be safe we should build more nuclear plants to satisfy future needs. IMHO

[jkhalifax]

@projenna Yes. I believe that burning large amounts of coal is more harmful to the environment than current hybrid, or even simply low-emission vehicles. I'm not really a conspiracy theorist or anything, but the US sits on the largest deposits of coal in the world. Could electric cars possibly be a maneuver to help the economy for decades to come, all at the expense of the environment? I'm not a scientiist, so I'm not sure. But the possibility is worth considering.

[projenna]

@jkhalifax awesome response. No anger or sarcasm. I appreciate it. I would counter though, that if less than half of our electricity is generated by coal and that percentage is declining in the face of new technologies, isn't that still better than vehicles powered by 100% fossil fuels? Do you think that the ramp up of coal usage would eclipse the damage already being done?

[jkhalifax]

@projenna This video doesn't make me feel bad about myself. I just don't feel that electric cars are the answer if most of our electricity is generated by burning coal. Someday we may be able to say that wind, solar, nat gas, hydro produce most of our energy, but that day isn't here yet. It's simple math.. not enough power on the grid to support millions of electric cars, and in order to supply enough power for millions of cars we'd have to ramp up the burning of the dirtiest of fossil fuels

[projenna]

@jkhalifax so if less than half of american electricity is generated by coal, why would you imply that the car runs 100% on coal? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say it runs on what generates the other 54%? Wind, Hydro, Natural Gas, etc? Or were you just trolling cuz he's trying to make a difference and makes you feel bad about yourself?