The electric car fire triggered a lot of questions. Now it’s time to share my thoughts on what might have caused the Tesla battery fire in our converted 1967 Volvo Amazon wagon. Read more Read full post : What caused my electric car fire? »
Thanks to Tom from Engovis (also the creator of Simp BMS) for the inspiration, reverse engineering and sharing his work on this gear selector. Now I needed a tester and a selector too. I definitely want this in my Voltvo rebuild. Read more Read full post : Testing a new iDrive gear selector »
On 4th of April 1967 it was reported OK by the factory in Sweden. In 2015/2016 restoring from scrap level. May 2021 back on the road. June 2021 it caught fire. Read more Read full post : Volvo Amazon wagon turned 56 years old »
Best way to practice using new EVcreate 3D scanning tools is to use it for my own project. Impressed with the ease of use and scanning result. Next step is to successfully import the scan into Onshape. Read more Read full post : Using the Shining 3D Einstar scanner »
Today I dropped off the old emptied front battery box at the recycling. It did its job very well and to a large extent contained the fire so there now is a car to rebuild. This box will not be part of that nor will Tesla battery modules. Read more Read full post : Emptied front battery box to recycling »
Dry ice cleaning turned out to be a great technique to create a clean start for the rebuild while preserving those parts of the base that were still good. Read more Read full post : Dry ice cleaning for a fresh start »
Do you also want to convert your car (Volvo or another brand) to full electric? As a spin-off of my own EV conversion project I started EVcreate for 'enabling EV conversions'
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