Nebraska Engineering Students Build Electric Corvair

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05/15/2017 Added

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For their senior project, three University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students converted a 1964 Corvair convertible to run on electricity.

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[00:00:07.480]So we retrofitted the original internal combustion
[00:00:10.517]engine system with the electrical drive system,
[00:00:13.333]so it's turned the old Corvair into a full electric car.
[00:00:17.451]It's a great convertible because originally,
[00:00:19.776]the motor was very loud.
[00:00:21.760]It sounded like A VW, original VW Beetle engine,
[00:00:25.280]which has quite a, it's a pretty distinct noise.
[00:00:28.384]So now, we have this electric motor,
[00:00:30.699]which produces a nice humming sound as you drive
[00:00:32.939]and it makes a very peaceful convertible ride
[00:00:34.709]because you're pretty much only hearing
[00:00:36.672]the wind and some road noise while you drive.
[00:00:41.984]In total, the car costs about $12,000 in parts,
[00:00:45.696]and we got a lot of that through donations
[00:00:48.341]from local Lincoln businesses that really helped us out
[00:00:51.179]and made this project possible.
[00:00:53.266]Most of the stuff is original
[00:00:54.421]except for this dashboard computer.
[00:00:57.643]It was just an ashtray before, and none of us smoke.
[00:01:00.690]I get about 30 miles per charge.
[00:01:02.592]I think that was our design goal and I think we've hit it.
[00:01:05.003]Innovation Studio was very helpful, too,
[00:01:07.264]'cause we were able to do a lot of, a lot of work here,
[00:01:10.699]'cause they had the tools and equipment
[00:01:12.320]that we didn't have in our little garage.
[00:01:15.541]It's a simple car.
[00:01:18.036]It's beautiful, it looks great.
[00:01:20.209]There's no vacuum systems, power steering,
[00:01:22.453]anything to deal with.
[00:01:23.755]It is the easier car to retrofit
[00:01:25.354]with an electric drive system like this.
[00:01:28.149]We can take a classic car that's currently 50 years old
[00:01:31.157]and prepare it for the future,
[00:01:33.397]so in the far future when gas and stuff runs out,
[00:01:36.789]people can still drive around classic cars
[00:01:38.549]and it can drive around silently,
[00:01:40.843]and even though there's no oil or gas on the earth,
[00:01:44.657]you can still drive around the old classic cars
[00:01:46.366]and enjoy 'em.

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