Many drivers still believe that the most environmentally conscious choice is to keep an old liquid-fuelled car running until it falls apart. Think of the resources needed to make a whole new vehicle, the argument goes. New research casts doubt on this line of thinking.
The folks on ecomodder have been doing electric conversions for a long time (along with other hypermiling mods), but there are a few more dedicated conversion kits out there today that take some of the DIY out of it, at least on the equipment procurement side.
There are many suppliers of parts. The easiest solution is to replace the engine with an electric motor and the weight won in gutting the motor and tank by batteries. The gearbox is often kept for simplicity. Kits are available from sites such as https://eveurope.eu/
The biggest challenge for me has been local regulations. Check those.
The CR-Z is a historic piece imo. Kudos on keeping it on the road. You’d have to replace both engines in your case but perhaps the driving dynamics can be kept.
That’s easy. You take out the stuff that goes “vroom” and replace it with the stuff that goes " ".
Jokes aside, just look for workshops that specialise in this kind of project. I’m from Northern Germany and this guy e.g. does that: https://www.e-drive-solution.de/
Just electrify one of those then.
How does one goes about on doing this? I got a 2014 honda cr-z that I would love to electrify in 5 years
The folks on ecomodder have been doing electric conversions for a long time (along with other hypermiling mods), but there are a few more dedicated conversion kits out there today that take some of the DIY out of it, at least on the equipment procurement side.
There are many suppliers of parts. The easiest solution is to replace the engine with an electric motor and the weight won in gutting the motor and tank by batteries. The gearbox is often kept for simplicity. Kits are available from sites such as https://eveurope.eu/
The biggest challenge for me has been local regulations. Check those.
The CR-Z is a historic piece imo. Kudos on keeping it on the road. You’d have to replace both engines in your case but perhaps the driving dynamics can be kept.
That’s easy. You take out the stuff that goes “vroom” and replace it with the stuff that goes " ".
Jokes aside, just look for workshops that specialise in this kind of project. I’m from Northern Germany and this guy e.g. does that: https://www.e-drive-solution.de/
Check out evwest.com, they specialize in ev conversions. They also sell parts for DIYers looking to do their own conversions.