{"id":102399,"date":"2023-07-12T16:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102399"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:10:41","slug":"electric-1969-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102399","title":{"rendered":"Electric 1969 Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corbin Dunn<\/a> is a woodworker, metalworker, and photographer. In 2010 he set out to convert his 1969 Volkswagen Beetle to electric.<\/p>\n

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Corbin started by swapped the Beelte’s flat-four motor for a WarP 9 DC electric motor and Netgain Controls WarP Drive Controller (1000 amps). The motor’s approximately 100 hp is sent through the factory four-speed manual transaxle. <\/p>\n

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The electric motor is fed by a 30.8 kw-hr battery pack made from 48 3.2v 200 ah Thunderksy lithium iron phosphate batteries. The pack is split half in the front and half under the rear seat. <\/p>\n

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An Elithion Lithiumate BMS (Battery Management System) keeps the batteries in check. When first built the battery pack gave the car around 70-80 mile range. Corbin has driven the car 40,000 miles and the batteries degraded to around 30-50 mile range. <\/p>\n

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Corbin lowered the front of the Beetle with a 2-inch drop spindles. Behind the wheels are disc brakes front and rear. You can read more about the car in the project’s build page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Corbin Dunn is a woodworker, metalworker, and photographer. In 2010 he set out to convert his 1969 Volkswagen Beetle to electric. Corbin started by swapped the Beelte’s flat-four motor for a WarP 9 DC electric motor and Netgain Controls WarP Drive Controller (1000 amps). The motor’s approximately 100 hp is sent through the factory four-speed… Read More »Electric 1969 Beetle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":102643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Electric-1969-Beetle-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147287,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147287","url_meta":{"origin":102399,"position":0},"title":"1975 Beetle with a 600+ hp Electric Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Knepper Bugs & More specializes in Volkswagen Beetles at their company in Rahden, Germany. 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