How difficult would it be to turn a '92 Toyota Corolla automatic in to an electric conversion?

So I have a 1992 Toyota Corolla with an automatic transmission. I would like to turn it in to an electric car with the help of some friends. I've read a little about it but almost everything refers to cars with a manual transmission. What are some things I need to know? Is there a place that can walk me through things? Any and all information is greatly appreciated!|||There are kits for converting cars in general. I googled 'corolla electric conversion' and got quite a few hits. You might also rummage through the EV album (listed below). There's a search bar at the top which will cough up pages like:


http://www.evalbum.com/type/TOYO


One very reputable kit dealer I've used is at


http://www.kta-ev.com/


Phone Wistar and tell him what you're thinking.





Beware though that converting a car will tend to give you a range of around 40 miles (maybe that's ok!?). Sharpen your math pencil...





A 'normal' car carries about 12 gallons of gas or 433 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of energy. $2000 of deep cycle lead acid batteries will load up the car but only give you less than 30 kWh of energy. The efficiency of a gas engine is only about 35%. The efficiency of an electric motor is 90% but _lead_acid_ batteries have their own efficiency problem called the Peukert Effiect. In my EV, it's about 66%. The net efficiency of the EV will be about 60%. That means it's like you only have 18 kWh of energy, compared to the 433 kWh x .35 = 151 kWh for the original car. 18kWh/151kWh x normalCarRangeOf350miles = 40 miles.





There are other types of batteries 'out there'. Perhaps you can find some NiMH.





And the 1st guy was right: you can't use the automatic.





The Brant book is great on theory, why's and wherefore's.


The M. Brown book is more nuts and bolts.





I've read that it takes a couple of long weekends to do the conversion. That seems optimistic to me; it takes me a couple weekends to clean the garage...|||It wont be easy at all to do this you will need great amounts of money and time and I also think you cant do it on Automatic. But if you are spending the time to get rid of a fuel engine to put in a electric one I think you might as well gwt a new gearbox there are plenty of those for a 92 corolla|||It would be cheaper and easier to buy a new electric powered car.





You will have to replace everything under the hood apart from the steering column. Not to mention finding a proper electric motor and battery and the safety issues inherent to installing this equipment.|||Electric Car Conversion Kits


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