Many environmental enthusiasts are stuck with their gas guzzlers because they do not have the funds required to by a new electric car or a hybrid. Sadly, these cars are the ones that usually cost more than others on the lot. For such people there is still hope. Some companies offer to convert cars from gas to electric. Before I get deep into the topic of converting a gas car to electric, I wanted to share photos of projects so you can get an idea of what can be expected.

The photo above is of a car that is ready for the transformation. As you can see this car is not a beauty, a classic, or anything of the sort. This car is basically junk ready to be thrown away. This is good news because you can salvage just the frame for a brand new environmentally safe car.

Here we see a mixture between the electric car and the gas car. You can see the Atom’s 36-48volt Curtis controller as well as the rectifier fuses, heat-sinks, and other parts that I can’t recognize. As you can see there is a lot of work to be done and a lot of it gets confusing when the switch is being made.

This is an a picture of a work in progress where a person is trying to change their gas powered motorcycle into an electric one. You can see the Lemco 200 AXE4844 Controller, the MaguraThrottle Magura 0-5k Twist Grip, Curtis LED 48 Volt State of Charge Meter, 200 Amp Circuit Breaker, Manual Reset, and the 13 26Ah powersonic batteries. A lot of work went into th is project already. Also, you can admire the placing of the battery and other parts because it is difficult with the limited space of a bike like this.

Here we see the wires being the motors connection to the rest of the car. Also, you can see an aluminum heat sink in there. That is the thing with the big red cable going to it. You can see the hunormous fuse on the left look like stud-mount diodes or other semiconductors. Finally, you can see a relay or two on the right.

Also on the right, you can see the adapter plate, flywheel, and old starter gear. If your lost, I wont get into any more detail with this because it just gets more complicated then that.

This is a photo of the main power electronics of an electric car. You can see the diodes, relays, cables, resistors, and all the other fun toys found in electronics.