In the summer time I get about 26 to 28 miles per charge when I drive 60 mph and I have gotten as much as 32 miles per charge when I drive 45 to 50 mph. Now that it is winter I only get about 18 miles per charge. The cold really takes the life out of the batteries.

Great Tune by Boston; the song fits – Don't Look Back… Were you demonstrating Regenerative Braking while coasting down hill?

Don't Look Back – strange how that worked out. Must be a sign…Regen Braking? I wish. Nope, I was catching up to traffic so I had to take my foot off the accelerator. When you do this it allows the batteries to rest and when they rest they build themselves up a little.

hi have you looked at you tuber skycollection he has something specialand is a simple mexican shoemaker..bedini newman motor ideal for your ev…cheers melvin in england

Thanks Melvin…I will have to take a look.

What are the 4 gauges you added? I could tell the gauge on the left is Volts, but what are the other two analog gauges monitoring, and what is the red LED gauge below the three analog gauges monitoring?

Ahhhh…. I just found your "conversion details 2" post. So the other two round gauges are "state of charge" and "amps" (makes sense)… but what is the red LED gauge under the other gauges for? Thanks for posting all these videos by the way!

Oh boy… I really need to hold off on posting comments before I view all of your videos! I just found your video about the digital multimeter! So I guess I have no more questions!
Thanks again.

If you do have a question that any of the videos don't answer just ask. I'm glad to help if I can.
Thanks for the post : )

Is this a Super Beetle with front struts? Did you need to do any suspension mods to hold the battery weight?

Yep…it is a Super Beetle with front struts. The only suspension mod was adding air shocks to the rear. With the 9 batteries in the back seat the little bug did squat a bit.

Really a nice conversion. I hope my VoltsRabbit Cabriolet turns out as nice (my goal is to have it rolling in April). What brand is your charger and where did you find your LED voltmeter?

Thanks! Good luck with your VoltsRabbit. I use the 96 Volt "Quick" Charger. I purchased the panel meter from Circuit Specialists in Mesa AZ. The meter was around $12 and you have to have an "add on" board$5. Add shipping charges and it was about $27. You can get a resister to take the 12V down to 9V but I got the 9V battery version. I have a 9V recharger and (2) 9V rechargeable batteries. Each battery last about 3 hours before I have to recharge them. If I did it again I'd get the resistor.

im sure you've thought about this, but is there a way you could fix a generator or alternator to an axel or one of the wheels so it charges while you drive?

Too much to write here. Email me and I can give you an explanation

Very nice, again. (it is a real head ***k not hearing the beetle sounding motor ;-.) It keeps up with traffic nicely, too.

Thanks…Im waiting for the lithium batteries to come down in price. Changing to lithium will reduce weight and increase speed and mileage. A 120 volt lithium battery pack is around 4 times the cost of the lead acid batteries.

very cool. i just can't get over the glowing generator light… now, if you wired the oil light to stay on all the time as well, that'd be epic. i mean, something /has/ to be wrong, right?

Yep…I was debating whether to disconnect the light or let it burn. I have driven almost 4000 miles and I pay so much attention to my volts, amps, and state of charge gages that I dont even notice the generator light anymore. But if I did illuminate the oil light I could have a red and green light. Christmas all year long.

I think that your car is amazing! Such a clean installation and wiring does not look like a rat's nest like some I've seen. Seems to ride nicely too. But I sure hope you stay off I-285 with that thing! Not enough speed.

Thank You!!! Yep, I-75 is scary enough, Im not even thinking about getting on I-285. Thanks again.

I would try to have the green one light up when the charger is still plugged in and charging so you do not drive off with it plugged in to the wall socket. The red one could come on when you have used 25% of your pack charge.
This would let you know to start thinking about charging and roughly how far you have until 50% DOD (Depth of discharge).

Great idea SirTragain and that is something I could add in the future. Right now my EV bug is a commuter. I drive 25 miles to work, plug it in work 8 hours, drive 25 miles home, plug it in sleep 8 hours, and do it all over again.

Should have kept the music off so we can hear the engine's "noise".

Ha Ha! Maybe I should do another video?