I was watching 'Made in Germany' on Deutsche Welle TV (English-version). At the end of the piece was a segment about a German conversion EV company. It was said Germans like the lower 10,000 to 15,000 Euro price of converting their ice vehicles.
It seems they buy their EV components from China. The segment showed them installing li-ion batteries in rear spare tire well & under the rear of the vehicle. A total of 30 li-ion cells were installed to give a range of ~100km and a top-speed of ~120kph. Two names mentioned as owners of the conversion company: Marco Lorey and Rainer Lorey (possibly the son and Father). The company's URL was shown on the controller they used in one of their VW Bug conversions: http://www.elektroauto-umrüstung.de/ [In German > Googletranslate> English] http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.xn--elektroauto-umrstung-3ec.de/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.elektroauto-umrustung.de%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D614 Below is the detail on DW's 'Made in Germany' page: - http://www.dw.de/made-in-germany-the-business-magazine-2013-07-09/e-16890261-9798 Made in Germany [video flash (at the 19 minute mark to 23 minute mark) image http://www.dw.de/image/0,,16931777_402,00.jpg ] Electromobility - Machinery maker converts gas-powered vehicles The Lorey company can make any car electric. The machinery maker can't complain about falling demand, whether domestic or foreign. Lorey had to lay off workers during the financial crisis. But thanks to the growing interest in electric cars, the family-owned company was able to prevent things from [getting] any worse. Report by Daniel Hoh [© 2013 Deutsche Welle] - {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
