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Subscribers—read this article now in your digital edition!The time is right for a true people's hybrid vehicle. The web is peppered with how-to sites for converting your old car into an electric vehicle, but why not develop SourceForge-style documentation for an open source hybrid?
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- Electric Auto Association ,make EVs for years
This non profit group of hobbiest convert and drive street legal Electric Vehicles. They EVen has a racing group with world records in all electric racing called NEDRA. Hybrids are a step closer to full EVs - real Electric Vehicles
This is the worlds most efficient 4 wheeled vehicle. They developed the T-Zero and later this year will start converting SCIONS. Their T-Zero goes over 300 miles on a charge. It uses Lithium Ion batteries. - Megawatt Motorworks
Electric vehicle news and information. - Open Source Cars SUV Pickup Trucks Minivans
The purpose of the Open Source Green Vehicle (OSGV™) Project is to make a positive difference in reducing air pollutions by introducing a safe, environmentally-friendly and affordable vehicle design that people will love and enjoy. - EV World
Leading web site devoted to electric-drive technology from electric bicycles to fuel cell buses, as well as flexible fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles. - Electrifying Times
Magazine dedicated to electric vehicles on newsstands since 1994. - EVProduction wiki
collaboration site for an open-source electric car - Electric Vehicles
- Solar Tricycle
It's not a car, but it will get you started: source plans for a solar tricycle. - Solar Powered Vee 9
Downloadable plans and other info for building your own solar vehicle.
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There was a project done some time ago when a guy made an hybrid. It used a 5 horsepower lawnmower engine. The engine powered an alternator to provide electricity to the motors. He said you could plug it in and got something around 80 mpg. He also converted a pickup truck.Posted by streetrunner007 on June 29, 2006 at 07:30:23 Pacific Time
- How about just gas sipping?
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We see all these competitions to build super fuel efficient cars...show us how to build a street legal one.
That would rule.Posted by Lucidguppy on May 25, 2006 at 09:17:06 Pacific Time
- ACVW
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I already own a ACVW (Air cooled volkswagen). This is the true open source car. Highly hackable any engine swap from 1936 thru 2003. Take off the chassis and drive the bare floor pan, put on a dune buggy, rolls, or exotic aftermarket chassis, or make your own. Or simply chop it into a baja bug. Trade for any after-market seat option. Great user support group rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled (RAMVA) for short. ACVW's are totally user re-buildable, buy engine rebuild kits, transmission rebuild kits online (aircooled.net). Comes in four cool versions type1 (beetle), type2 (bus), type3 (squareback) type183 (thing). Costs anywhere from free to US$50,000 depending on car condition / your charisma.Posted by ElectricRook on June 17, 2005 at 17:15:57 Pacific Time
- Open-car.org!!!
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Guys!
I was thrilled to see this thread as I too have had these ideas. I am the current owner of Open-Car.org. I would like to donate it to this cause, but need to be connected with your "leader."
My email=jjuhnke@t4n4gr4m.com (NOTE: replace the 4's with the letter "A" for this to work)Posted by juhnke on May 31, 2005 at 13:58:06 Pacific Time
- Open Source Green Vehicle
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Please visit OSGV.ORG for my latest project, the Open Source Green Vehicle (OSGV). A brief business plan is on the web site.
A few of us are very excited about it but our expertise are limited so we would like you to join the discussions. It's still fairly new, just started in December, 2005.
This is not another car project that never made it through the talking phase. This WILL BE the car of tomorrow.Posted by OSGV_Wheel on January 03, 2006 at 18:31:12 Pacific Time
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I had to reboot to windows and use IE. On Firefox, it never recognizes that I have logged in, and keeps saying "you must login to post a talkback." Nowadays this is ridiculous.Posted by shawn.t.rutledge@gmail.com on April 01, 2005 at 10:09:40 Pacific Time
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I'm using Firefox and it's working fine for me.
Did you set the cookie preferences to not allow cookies from the site?Posted by rlauzon on April 01, 2005 at 15:39:24 Pacific Time
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Brilliant idea, hope there's going to be a SourceForge open source style website to accompany the article.Posted by Odziz on February 17, 2005 at 02:08:40 Pacific Time
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