Do you want an electric A2?

I've more time than money at present. :)

But doesnt hurt doing the research needed. Fortunately there's a lot of others developing those components for their own projects so I'll be standing on their shoulders.
 
The A2 is a perfect candidate for an electric conversion. A light body that won’t rot, a great looking car, a lot of room for a small car.
And lots of donor vehicles in really good condition but with mechanical issues.

I would love to be in a position to have one!!

Steve B
 
@Birchall didn't you have the ideal solution to battery storage or generator storage? Was it not you that had the gorgeous 1/2 A2 trailer?

Graham.
 
It is in the paint shop at the moment. My son is having it painted to match his A2.

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Just started watching Vintage Voltage on the Quest channel. No A2's converted yet but we can live in hope

www.dplay.co.uk

Vintage Voltage

Richard “Moggy” Morgan and his team of experts are global leaders in electrifying cars. They bring new, eco-friendly life to classic motors by swapping out the existing gas power plants for low-maintenance, high-efficiency electric systems.
www.dplay.co.uk www.dplay.co.uk

Cheers Spike
 
Yes, love that program.
My favourite so far is the tiny fiat 500.

They quote £20,000 or more to do a conversion, but they do a great job.

Steve B
 
RAB said:
Hi Lukas,

There is a mistake in your comment on the article shown in your signature. The rise in on-road NOx emissions was caused by VW/Audi turning off EGR, not by reducing urea injection. Indeed, the vehicles concerned didn't have SCR. The fixes used were software updates and modifications to the air intake system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal (Vehicle recall and consequences)

RAB
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Jetta had LNT but the VW Passat had urea injection as did the compliant BMW X5:

"The three test vehicles were certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits and were equipped with NOx after-treatment technologies: the Jetta was tested with a lean-NOx trap (LNT), the Passat with a urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, and the BMW X5 with an SCR system. All three test vehicles were thoroughly checked for possible engine or after-treatment malfunction codes using an on-board diagnostics (OBD) scanning tool, with none of them showing any fault code or other anomalies. No reduction in catalytic activity due to aging was expected, as the total mileage was relatively low (< 15,000 miles) for all test vehicles"

Icct tests 09/2015
 
My other car is a BMW i3. These are my pair of German non-steel silver arrows :) I've had the i3 since September, and the A2 since December, so am still quite new to them both. The i3 is brilliant, and I only really got the A2 as a winter commuter (I normally cycle to work and my wife has the i3) but I've been wondering for a while about whether it would be worth looking into turning the A2 into an EV of some sort. The costs are still way to high right now, but perhaps in the next 2-3 years costs will have come down enough for it to be feasible.

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spike said:
Just started watching Vintage Voltage on the Quest channel. No A2's converted yet but we can live in hope

www.dplay.co.uk

Vintage Voltage

Richard “Moggy” Morgan and his team of experts are global leaders in electrifying cars. They bring new, eco-friendly life to classic motors by swapping out the existing gas power plants for low-maintenance, high-efficiency electric systems.
www.dplay.co.uk www.dplay.co.uk

Cheers Spike
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Apparently the cost of a professional conversion is in the region of £20k.
If it was half of that I would definitely consider it.
Steve B
 
I'm ready for one, too! Maybe a group buy? :) As always, range is the important factor. I'd say a minimum of 130-150 miles. It would be a pity to be removing a sound and economic engine, though ..... Better to find an A2 with a damaged engine, I suppose.

David
 
In my case the only thing wrong with my engine is the 145,000 miles that it has covered. It is running perfectly did an 8 hour round trip in it a couple of weeks ago (to Visit Timmus. It didn’t miss a beat, or use any oil and returned just under 60 mpg at uneconomical speeds (wink wink). So it is not a necessity to swap to electric just yet but I don’t want to wait too long.
fitting an electric motor into an old but amazing condition car (most A2s) is like giving it a long new lease of life.

Steve B
 
There is a great set of videos on YouTube by some guy that has already done an A2 EV conversion.
I want it done to my one NOW ?

 
DJ 190 said:
I'm ready for one, too! Maybe a group buy? :) As always, range is the important factor. I'd say a minimum of 130-150 miles. It would be a pity to be removing a sound and economic engine, though ..... Better to find an A2 with a damaged engine, I suppose.

David
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Range should be approximately the same as the donor Leaf - it's the 30kWh so 150 ish

I've just posted project Fusion - have a look...
 
I reckon, for us to get a bullet proof working example at a reasonable price, we need to do a group buy and perhaps a group conversion.

Original email in this thread said:
If you want your car converted what is the best way to do it? Personally I feel we shouldn't attempt to do this individually as we will end up with a lot of multiple solutions, multiple prices and (multiple x 10) issues and problems.

My suggestion is we draw up a minimum specification and then look around to see who can do this. It may make sense for us to approach an classic car electric conversion company with a waiting list of 10-20 members (am I being optimistic?) as from the company point of view they create a solution for one car and then scale up to fit the other 9-19 cars plus probable repeat business. Also this is not just about the motor but everything must work including heating/AC and powered windows/sunroofs etc.

So my personal minimum specification is:
Range = 150-200 real miles
Top speed = 90mph - obviously only ever used on private tracks and roads ;)
Price = £5000 (this might be ridiculously optimistic but it has to compete with a new used Nissan Leaf or BMW i3)
Space and weight = not take up too much of the boot space (could the battery fit underfloor?) or weigh too much

What do you think? Does it make sense to try and do a single electric conversion solution? What are your minimum specifications?
 
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