In Denmark 🇩🇰 where i live, it's illegal to convert old cars to electric.. But i hope to build a classic vehicle into electric one day. You guys inspires alot. Please keep up the good work.

** Note to our viewers - This video is focused on the functional part of the EV conversion. The installation of the false-floor over the battery pack, and all other interior finishing will happen off-campus. We will hopefully cover that in a future video.

This model is not a Safari btw but an Adventurewagen conversion. There are two types of Adventurewagen roofs, one with the luggage space at the back of the roof and this type with the small window behind on the roof.

I REEEEAAAALLY love the trolley bell idea.

I'm impressed that ding ding

Did they know in the 60s the size of a Tesla battery? They fit perfectly

I love the trolly bell button. Great idea! I kinda want to install one in my Model 3 to confuse people :)

Come on EV West, kilowatt?! Battery capacity is in kilowattHOUR. Great project.

I bought a Westfalia for conversion (same year 1979) and I fell in love with all the usable space and I am unwilling to sacrifice the space for batteries. However my next project is a 1968 double cab, which has a ton of space for batteries and I think is better suited for the conversion. I can't wait to get started on it.

I have a 76 Westy and would LOVE to do this conversion! What did you end up getting for range with the 50kWh pack? Do you have a price tag for the parts involved? Would you make this a kit?? Good to hear Netgain finally offers an AC motor. I've been out of the scene for a few years, and only remember the Warp series of DC motors.

I really like the duck tailed rear of the space extension

I've alway thought it would be cool to convert an old VW to electric. So cool to see how they did it!

You guys got the audio down for the videos! This is awesome!

I love the ding-ding button. Just a suggestion: I'd have little engraved plates with the function labels on the various knobs (especially the reverse one!) as I can see those printed ones fading in time :D

battery placement is quite puzzling to me. why wouldn't you just suspend boxes underneath between the frame rails and frame - rockers?

I have "Motor" envy!! Great job you guys are pioneers, leading us into the future!!

I still want the dual Warp11 setup with 2 speed pg trans. That would be perfect for my old '60 Apache long, wide bed pickup:)

What a great project. I had no idea you could still set up a manual transmission to EV power and have a clutch to engage it.

Love the builds.

Anytime you upgrade weight and top speed you need to upgrade brakes. Maybe I missed that but I hope they have up to date brakes on this sweet ride.

I'd love to know the final weight and the range

This is about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!

So many space underneath the car and where the fuel tank used to be. I can't understand why you would put the battery inside the interior. Now you have a high-roof but won't be able to stand straight up.

Very nice work done on the VW, you guys are the best! I hope I can covert my VW T4 California to EV in the future! Keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany

Wow. I love it. I have a 2000 Chrysler town and country that I would like to convert it to ev. By removing the engine and replacing it with a Nissan Leaf motor or Tesla motor and use Tesla battery underneath or Nissan Leaf battery.

i would like to know how the brakes work in combination with the regen, brakes only, regen only, performance wise

Great job Mark!

I love this I would definitely go camping -touring -exploring in something like this, the 120 mile range no problem I'll go exploring and get photos while its charging. Might even be temped to becoming one of those Van life people. 😁

My last :-( VW bus was a 79 (also orange!) - top speed 85 on straight and level with no tail wind (on CA 101). Screaming, but it would hold the speed. I love the "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" sticker on the steering wheel support....

Great video and a great education. Thanks for sharing, I learned so much.

Nice work. Beautiful vehicle

I'd love to do this kind of work but I'm on the other side of the country. I applied at Proterra but I'm wondering is there an EV East shop or something?

Any need to cool those packs?

Air Con?

I’d love this in my T3/Vanagon

Love the ding-ding button. Great work!

I’m surprised that you can’t get more batteries in a VW van. It would seem to me to be the ideal platform. How would mounting the batteries underneath the floor? Wouldn’t that give more battery space? If you are using Tesla batteries, can’t you put the Tesla charging mount in so you could go to Superchargers?

I like the way the owner seems to have got rid of all the squeaks and rattles usually associated with the VW dub.

Anyone with an automatic T3 should do this conversion. They suck petrol at a rate of 18miles per gallon for not much power so this would be a hell of an upgrade.

@EVWest so, which is the autonomy and max speed? How long until you fully charge it again or it goes “autocharging”? Congratulations👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hey guys, love what y’all do, could y’all do a vid on the Canadian electric Ford ranger conversion kit?

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Awesome ride!!! love the trolly bell, I need that on my car. ps- did you guys upgrade the brakes to handle all that giddy-up?

What do you do for brakes please

Love your work!

I would still add speakers to it and give it the proper VW sound. part of the charm of the VW is the fact it sounds like a sewing machine , at higher speeds you can have it turn off.

so this being a camper designed for long trips, is there any possibility for DC fast charging?

Liked the video just for the first frame

There are 2 large air scoops that originally brought air into the engine bay. Now with all the electrical components how do you keep Rain Out but allow outside Air IN? Folks could easily Save 66% on the huge cost for batteries buy buying their own small lithium batteries and connect them together with metal strips either in Series or Parallel. Not complicated…just busy work.

Great job guys!

Thanks you for such a great show.

Very cool! What's the conversion price?

Damn that really is smooth

The big elephant how much did this transformation cost.

Orange is my favorite color. My body was born in the same year as that van. My next car is gonna be an electric van. I wonder if I can find a german garage which does a conversion like that...

Why does this only get 120 miles versus a Tesla that gets over 200? Is the battery smaller?

What happens when a dog (or so...) hits that reverse button in full speed forward? There must be some protection right?

Didn't the safari vw have windows on the front as Well? I don't see many louvre windows

Please more greets from Austria

With the warp 9 did you use the stock transaxle? Great video. Very nice build.

I think I'd be worried about the Tesla packs overheating. Why is there no heater/cooler for the battery packs?! I hope this guy lives in a warm climate where it never freezes or that battery pack will be toast (if it doesn't fail from overheating first) Seems it would have been a plan to ruggedize the battery case and hang it from the frame rails underneath so it's completely out of the passenger compartment.

I used to own a '74 camper, and it had issues, sure, but I want it to sound like an air-cooled engine, which is half the fun of owning/driving an old VW Bug/Kombi, not sound like like a golf cart! Get those ranges up to 500 miles, and universal availability of charging stations (I live in South America) and I "may" consider going electric - but not in an air-cooled VW!

5:10 Shouldn't that thin double-strand orange wire be in a guard or something? It will rub against metal while driving, the insulation will rub through and you'll get a short.

Can you tell us the finished weight of the bus? Just wondering if the motor can handle it.

Does that mean if I put it in mechanical reverse and the motor in reverse it'll go forward?! Guess that's a bit of built in reverse psychology ;-) Two steps backwards to go one step forward ;-) Regardless, a beautiful bus.

Just add a burnt oil sented air freshener :)

👍I just love it!❤

I wonder can you put any weight on the top of the battery

you guys keep the cooling system for the tesla battery modules?

What's the range? And how much would this cost, either for the conversion or the whole price for a full EV van?

Hey does anyone know if having a second charger decrease battery life?? I’m new to VW and also electric stuff.

Thanks! “Awesome!” - Jack Black

First, let me tell you I am not an adrenaline fan, nor I do care on maintaining the original looking facade of car. I am mostly for comfort and practicality, not speed or performance. What I want to know where I could go to have either my standard 2007 Kia Sedona Minivan short Wheelbase, or my 2010 Chrysler T&C Touring minivan with 4.0L engine, converted to full EV. I am OK with a 0-60 mph acceleration of about 6-7 seconds, and cruising speeds of 65-70 MPH in the highway, and with a minimum range of 220+ miles on a single charge, and to be able to charge anywhere by any system- Tesla, CCs or CHAdeMO. So who could do that? I live in Houston Texas. Thanks for any advice. Jorge

i absolutely love it! what a gorgeous bus!!! well done

If you put the gearbox in reverse then pull the reverse switch does it go forwards? I can't think of a use for that but WILD!

Given the shape of that thing, I would think that range would be very speed sensitive.

I am impressed by the car, except for the charging piece; Why do you need a switch to enable a second charger? There is supposed to be communication between the charging point and the car about the available charging power so why a manuel process for this? Also, what about DC fast charging?

Very cool but “maybe 120 miles” is absolutely horrendous. That is sad for having the entire thing stuffed full of batteries.

Would this set up work with the VW 003 automatic transmission? looks awesome. Something I have considering for my 73 VW adveturewagen bus

is this fun for louis bus? How much to convert to electric just like this one i have a bus and I'm trying to decide which route to take subaru vw or electric

I want to be the first to do your EV conversion on my 89 vanagon

Why can't the heater just go In the cab?

. . Thank you . . the sound is great , , ,

How much would this kind of conversion cost?? I have a 74 with a dome top...

Unfortunately the range of 120miles isn’t a seller for me, where I go in the uk is over 370 miles away, it would take me days to get there with charging times. The Ev is good for local but as much use as tits on a fish for trips away

Its like it was made for a conversion

Can those batteries be mounted under the floor instead? Not a great solution as it sits if you have your original interior, and not great in tintop or poptop buses as you loose quite a bit of headroom. Also when you add things like internal electrics, etc, will that all be able to run off the EV batteries, or will a second leisure battery still be needed, if so how is that charged, and if you do run the leisure electrics off the EV system, can the bus then be charged at say a campsite using standard hookups?

Is this fun for Louis bus???

Nice mic mark!

I would've asked for a 120kw pack. More range:)

This is for sure Michel ‘s brother.

Please post more 🙏

Love the conversion, hate the idea of loosing the camping features of the interior. The z-bed is gone, the dinette, gone, the icebox and cabinetry, wardrobe, pantry, all gone.... just an empty box with a seven inch battery box platform that displaces the entire floor. I suppose you can throw in a couple of sleeping bags and call it a “camper”, but it’s a far, far, cry from its original camper capabilities.

thanks

What’s the final price on this conversion. I need a price to work for!!

Have a 1957 Chevy 150 in need. How do I inquire?

Awesome video!

The manual is so cool

Best intro ever!

Battery pack is in kWh not kW :-)