CB show RTE featuring conversion of I.C.E to EV

Mad_maxx

anyone see this segment last night , dutch company called New Electric have a guy in Wicklow who trains people how to convert conventional diesel and petrol cars to electric .

impossible to properly cover all of the ins and outs in a short segment but one thing that did strike a cord with me was the idea of scrapping all those cars being so environmentally unfriendly if we could simply convert many of them

surprised this idea has not had a larger profile before now , perhaps only in its infancy ?

Jonathan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058221703/cb-show-rte-featuring-conversion-of-i-c-e-to-ev

Check out Damien Maguire's YouTube channel. Amazing work being done.

zg3409

It's been mentioned here a few times. See https://www.irishevs.com/how-electric-car-conversion-works

Thr course leaves it up to you to do the work, rather than training up people to start conversion businesses, although they have trained mechanics in Ireland and a few DIY people.

Book via here

https://openinverter.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=15

Personally I think they should instead sell kits for popular cars such as a ford focus. Keep prices down by volume of exact same kit, with regional installers. However Irish people want their 221 reg. You are probably realistically looking at 30,000 euro for a completed banger. Prices might drop to 20,000 or 10,000 but it's far from simple. Insurance may be an issue too, but cars will be road legal with NCT and 120 euro road tax.

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/claire-byrne-live/SI0000000325?epguid=IH000398337

44 minutes in, near the very end. They brought a car into studio

silver_sky

Here's the Audi that was in the studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dw0xuOUo0

zg3409

Some of the converted cars can been seen tonight in Sandyford. These are the expensive models professionally converted

https://dcev.ie/event/charge-into-christmas-with-dcev/

Turbolounge

I'm impressed but instead of an Audi 80 they should have taken a mid 00s 7 series or s class, when you get rid of the ICE engine you get rid of the high tax, fuel consumption and oil leaks

Old diesel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285218#Comment_118285218

On the programme they did seem to be saying that kits and buying in bulk was part of their objectives going forward.

This is in its early days really

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285151#Comment_118285151

Maguire has CCS operating on an E46 hes converted.

A nice job

silver_sky

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118309073#Comment_118309073

It just depends what you're into. If I could do it my choice would be very different. No garage so it's probably out until cheaper shops or kits become more available/cheaper. I don't think my wife would be mad on a project car sitting on the drive not moving for a long time. 😛

Damien Maguire has done a 7-series. He also has a 90's 8-series coupe. Thing of beauty! CHAdeMO charging port in a fake exhaust. 😂

http://www.speedhunters.com/2020/08/converted-the-tesla-powered-bmw-8-series/

Type 17

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118293320#Comment_118293320

Small world - that's my brother's old Audi - in 2003, we both wanted decent practical estates with a bit of power, and settled on the Audi 80 Avant 2.0 16v, which has 139BHP. They were never sold in Ireland (only the 8v, with 112BHP) so we looked up UK Autotrader and went on a weekend trip to the UK, driving around in a rental car, viewing all the likely ones, and we bought two of them and drove them home. This was my brother's, and mine was 93-D-43690, which I sold in 2011, and it ended up back in the UK with its original reg K418 XFR, but sadly it hasn't been taxed since 2015, so it's probably dead now.

Great to see this one get a new life.

MuttonDagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285151#Comment_118285151

While I watch most of his videos myself,

lets be honest.

99% of people wont have a clue what he's talking about and they wont be watching him for the production value.