Here is a site with some basic info on the subject:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/06/14/electric-vehicles-in-depth-part-i-the
-history-of-evs/3<http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/06/14/electric-vehicles-i
n-depth-part-i-the-history-of-evs/3>
I have a series 3 Sunbeam I may convert when the Jaguar is thundering down the
road.
Cheers, Rob
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From: Ron Engelhardt<mailto:nobbc@sonic.net>
To: North Bay British Car Club<mailto:nobbc@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] death or rebirth of a tr-6? fort collins.here you go
deano.
Interesting site. I wonder if they would like to do a joint ride someday.
Ron
58 MGA
Charles English wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for reporting about the Electric TR-6. I am considering
> converting my 58 MGA to electric one day. For now I am working on a
> supplemental hydrogen generator to mix with gas in the ICE. Once
complete,
> I will invite the group to my garage to check it out. There have been
many
> great British cars converted to electric and I have heard great things
from
> their owners. And as battery technology improves, things will only get
> better.
> To answer your question about the gallons of gasoline it takes to
> create the power to charge the vehicle for 100 miles of driving... Most
> electric car conversions get about 50 miles per charge and cost about $1
for
> a full charge. So that is about $2 for 100 miles of driving. Here in
Nor
> Cal we are lucky to get much of our electricity from Hydro, Geo thermal,
and
> other renewable sources, so it wont consume much gas to charge the
vehicle.
> PG&E now offers a program to offset all the carbon from the energy you
use
> in the home, for just a few more bucks a month.
>
> For more details about electric vehicles in and around Santa Rosa check
out
> ... www.nbeaa.org<http://www.nbeaa.org/>
>
> Note, the last vehicle is an MGA converted in 1973.
>
> Peace,
> Charles English
> 58' MGA
>
> On 10/24/07, Steve Lehmann <sand@frii.com<mailto:sand@frii.com>> wrote:
>
>>local elect.-and controlls contractor has aquired a tr-6.-tr-6 was
donated
>>to
>>a charitabe opperation by a fort collins doctor-
>>of course it went to auction-
>>collins controll and electric of fort collins picked it up-
>>the car is under reconstruction convershion to an electric power car-
>>the way i have it is the trans will remain-
>>the engine will be replaced w/an 150 h.p. motor (would assume d.c.) and
>>batts.
>>i have not yet seen the project-just learned of it today.
>>understand the orig. tr-6 mill is on e-bay-
>>i will try to get by there-hey will a tr-6 raidiator bolt into a tr4a?-
>>it should.dont see why they should need it unless to cool down wiring-
>>do you think they will reroute lucas or just string there own?
>>my question, did they kill a tr6?
>>how many gallions of gas does a generator burn to charge the batterys for
>>a
>>100 mile drive?
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