Modern VAG cars can be pulled apart pretty quickly by an experienced wrench, and a kit that’s properly designed to interface with factory pickup points could conceivably be a quick install. “So, the frame here is a big part of our fastness.” The company’s model is to have installations handled by third-party partner workshops.Įight hours is fast, but it’s a believable and reasonable target for a bolt-in conversion kit. “That’s why we are so much faster than an individual solution,” says Timo Walden, an investor and project manager at e-Revolt. The combustion engine is first removed from the vehicle, and then the EV motor and associated components are installed in its place in a frame that bolts up to the engine’s mount points.

To achieve such a quick and easy EV conversion, the company developed a kit that would simply drop into a variety of Volkswagen Group models.

It would also enable the company to scale its sales far quicker, without having cars stuck in workshops for weeks on end tying up lifts and installers. Same-day, or even same-week service, would be a lot more convenient for customers, reducing the need for loaner cars or relying on other transportation. On average, conversions take around a day from start to finish. In comparison, e-Revolt is targeting a conversion time more like eight hours. You’ve got to get scale if you’re going to develop and sell EV conversion kits. To do an EV conversion in eight hours is madness, and I admittedly am a little dubious and would love to hear more details (is the battery pack air cooled, I assume?) building EV conversion kits really only works for high-volume vehicles, so this kit being compatible with extremely high-volume VWs does make sense. You’ve got to choose the right major components and sizes for the job, you’ve got to remove the old gas stuff and find the right packaging space for the new electric stuff, you’ve got to make sure all the electric components are hooked up to get the motor working, but even before that you’ve got to figure out how to keep your existing power steering and braking system and other interior electronics working, you’ve got to make sure your safety systems are still in order, and on and on. And what became clear to me is just how challenging one-off conversions are. [ Editor’s Note: I’ve converted a gasoline car to electric power, and I’ve even visited one of the biggest EV-converters in the world, EV West. Presently, conversions are the sort of thing that might take many weeks or months for a dedicated shop to execute.

Craps converted come bet strategy