Reply With QuoteTomorrow on SBS One from 10h00 to 11h00 AEST they are showing a Defender EV conversion in Vintage Voltage, a show about converting classic cars to electric. It's also on today at the same time about a Royal Enfield motorbike conversion.
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Its been over 8 years now since the first drive of my EV Lightweight Landy.
Since that day , Its been daily driven every day . not far , usually 20 km . just a local runabout shopping cart.
Range isnt great but the driving experience is awesome . If I had to give up all my cars (And I have some cool cars ) and keep only one , it would be this one.
The tech was old school when I built it - its even more old school now , The Batteries are holding up well, after a few years a few cells start topping out early (on charge) so I plug in an external load (connect it to an inverter to run the house) which bottom balances the battery pack & it behaves again. For another few years.
In the last few years I added disc brakes & power steering ( bad shoulder + supermarket car park parking) .
If I was to do another or if I was to redo this one I'd run a Nissan Leaf conversion with resolve hack & delete the clutch / gearbox. but still keep the Transfer case. of course.
Below is the first ever youtube of it with the date stamp on the dashcam .
And another one from 2 years ago.
Theres got to be dozens of EV converted Landys about now but I never hear about them . (I'm not on here much anymore) Anyone else done a conversion , or got a Jaunt conversion ??
I set up a Facebook Landy EV Conversion page about 8 years ago but its gone silent, hardly a post anymore.
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SupporterTomorrow on SBS One from 10h00 to 11h00 AEST they are showing a Defender EV conversion in Vintage Voltage, a show about converting classic cars to electric. It's also on today at the same time about a Royal Enfield motorbike conversion.
2005 D3 TDV6 Present
1999 D2 TD5 Gone
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Very cool. I love that you're using it as a daily!
2005 Defender 110
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SupporterBritish Off-road did a Perentie EV conversion which appeared in the Motor Trader's Magazine...Motor Trader, March 2022 | MTAQ
2005 D3 TDV6 Present
1999 D2 TD5 Gone
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That's great, thanks for the Link, I'll post that up in the FB EV Landy group. Hyper 9 is a bit small for a Perente I'd have thought , But a cool conversion for sure.Originally Posted by RANDLOVER
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Thanks, I'll miss that but sure to find it on Catch up. Fan of the RE too, I'll need to see both those episodes.
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2005 Defender 110
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Not a fan of those Tesla Powered Conversions . There is no Low Range or Center diff lock , Ive yet to see a video of them doing proper slow off road , its all wheelspin , Can't have 0-100 in 6 seconds and Technical off road without a transfer case , - Happy to be proven wrong.
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SupporterIts pointless. I love the conversion done here, its pure ... it is what it is. It doesn't try to pretend to be anything other than a land rover that does small local trips. Its perfect for the task it was built to do. What is more awesome than something you build and drive yourself everyday. The tesla powered ones a stupid, you might as well just buy a tesla if that is what you want. Its kinda useless as a 4wd or towcar with the tesla driveline... what is the point?
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Shane L.
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
Very Very Lucky!
Yes of course. The battery swap coming will make this the weapon to beat anything I suspect.My next will tow my boat to and do 1000 plus and charge in less than 5minutes (at some places
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