{"id":522832,"date":"2010-04-10T01:14:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T05:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/volkswagen-squareback-gets-a-new-all-electric-life\/"},"modified":"2010-04-10T01:14:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T05:14:05","slug":"1969-volkswagen-squareback-gets-a-new-all-electric-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522832","title":{"rendered":"1969 Volkswagen Squareback gets a new all-electric life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/10\/electric-vw-squareback_1_jXUki_69.jpg\" alt=\"electric vw squareback_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Zero-emission vehicle modified to run on an electric engine.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that producing new vehicles requires a lot of precious energy. While new processes are being evolved to reduce energy consumption, retrofitting old vehicles with next-gen engines does seem pretty cool. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectgreenmachine.com\/\">Project Green Machine<\/a> is working on a similar technique by resurrecting a rusting vehicle and giving it a clean electric engine.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"309\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10737247&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=0&#038;color=&#038;fullscreen=1\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10737247&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=0&#038;color=&#038;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The designers here have modified a 1969 Volkswagen Squareback to run on a zero-emission all-electric engine. The vehicle runs on AGM lead acid batteries donated by Braille Battery that powers a re-purposed industrial motor. The other components include a 72V controller, an emergency cut-off switch and a potentiometer. The car is being featured at G-WIZ \u2013 The Science Museum where it will serve as a learning tool for others interested in doing their own conversions.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"335\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NIGVIiIIaiA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NIGVIiIIaiA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"550\" height=\"335\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/volkswagon-squareback-resurrected-with-electricity-w-video\/\">AutoBlogGreen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle modified to run on an electric engine. We all know that producing new vehicles requires a lot of precious energy. While new processes are being evolved to reduce energy consumption, retrofitting old vehicles with next-gen engines does seem pretty cool. Project Green Machine is working on a similar technique by resurrecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}