Electric Conversion Manual Transmission

Thursday october 15 2009.

Electric conversion manual transmission.

For an electric car the. Thanks to a twin motor drive. If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc. Conversion blog on a 1996 honda civic gas vehicle to a completely electric vehicle.

Of course i would need to mount the motor where the tranny is now and get a part milled to connect the drive shaft to the motor. The adapter plates and motor coupling can be used with the automatic or a manual transmission. It s not just a classic fiat 124 convertible that has undergone an electric conversion but also the first custom ev on the market to feature a manual transmission. Almost always the donor vehicle is a normal gasoline powered car that gets converted to electric.

Most donor vehicles have a manual transmission. Most production electric vehicles make do with a single speed transmission. Usually the person doing the conversion has a donor vehicle that will act as the platform for the conversion. As the manual transmission s availability in modern cars continues to wane more and more electric cars with a single speed gearbox continue to pop up on the market.

I used the transmission s flex plate to design the motor coupler which is a taper locking coupling. Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions. The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology.