
All pictures, no words: update
Can’t believe it has been three months since I posted on here. But that’s what happens when you get sucked into making videos. Continue reading All pictures, no words: update
I’ve been interested in electric vehicles for quite some time, both personally and professionally. Working in the tech industry, I was meeting Tesla devotees from their early days. Researching the future of energy for CMS back in 2016 really cemented for me that our energy future was purely electric. And then the foresight project I undertook with Auto Trader on the future car in 2019 led me to a lot of the work that was going on to convert existing petrol-engined vehicles to electric, with open source components.
My personal interest in cars goes back way beyond that. I’m not particularly into speed or racing. But cars are such a big machine that they were always going to fascinate a geek like me. This fascination has been passed to my daughters and particularly my eldest (who hasn’t decided yet if she wants me to name her here). Watching Car Masters: Rust to Riches, and then the tours of the Petersen Museum in California together, she developed a real passion for retro cars. And so, our first DIY EV project was born. Could we together take an existing vehicle, convert it to electric, and give it some of that retro style?
Can’t believe it has been three months since I posted on here. But that’s what happens when you get sucked into making videos. Continue reading All pictures, no words: update
While it’s cold and dark and I’m waiting for access to the garage I’ve been working on some interior bits, starting with creating space for a double din head unit and hence relocating the heater controls. Continue reading Fitting a double-din head unit to the Z3 centre console (part 1)
The time has come to start on the body swap in earnest Continue reading Kit kick-off
I’ve been busy on the videos again. Two more videos on the rewiring project over on my YouTube channel now. Continue reading More DIY EV Vids: Rewiring
In this video I highlight the three critical questions I need to answer/problems I need to solve with the rewiring project. Continue reading Rewiring the Z3: Stop blowing stuff up
The DVLA has accepted my bid to re-register the Z3 as an electric vehicle. Hoorah! Continue reading DVLA Success: Registering your DIY EV
People always ask me the same questions about the DIY EV project. So I figured I would gather answers from other people who have built their own EVs. Continue reading DIY EV Chat Episode 1: Jamie Jones & the Bugplug
While what I really want to be doing is getting on with upgrades, instead I had to spend a day (and a bit) stripping the EV down and rebuilding it to sort out a nasty squeak from the coupler. Follow my progress in this latest video episode. Continue reading Teardown: Repairing the electric Z3