Support for a petition - electric conversions

[Carlo Z]

Petition to allow cars converted to electric propulsion to be reclassified as zero emissions.
This may be of interest to many hackers tinkering with EVs now and in the future.
Please sign 
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/604603

[Alex Gibson]

Very much so – this is something I am hoping to do imminently!

I have an otherwise perfect Ford Focus which fails MOT on emissions.  An extreme fix would be to simply remove the offending engine entirely, replace with a very basic, low range but usable electric motor and battery setup. 

 

Cheers,

 

Alex Gibson

 

edumaker limited

 

+44 7813 810 765    @alexgibson3d  

 

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[Andy Noyes]

Wow! I didn't even know that wasn't already possible. Signed.

[Frank in Woodcote]

I'm in, having already built two (petrol cars). I also found out that even if the car is recognised by DVLA as zero emission, ULEZ will not! Or even if a presently 'banned' car is modified to be clean, you still wont be allowed to drive into london. So it is only about the money. SMH.

[Hugh Wells]

That's interesting, since I understood ULEZ (TfL) uses the DVLA database to determine this. 

Do you have some more information? 

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[David Price]

Signed it.

I am an EV owner of a Leaf 40k, soon to be replaced by a Kia Niro EV, so very aware of the secondary uses of Leaf batteries and systems - Powerwall house batteries and ICE-EV conversions.

At the first Fully Charged show (Silverstone 2018) there was a business, whose name escapes me, that was certified by Nissan to use their BMS in conversions, Land Rover Defender was quite popular.

There were several other conversions on display including a Ferrari (308 GTE I think) and a VW Camper;

Unfortunately the 2022 Full Charged was last month but if anyone is interested in EV conversions and vehicles then I recommend going to the next one for ideas and contacts.

david

[Frank in Woodcote]

Hmmm, tfl are a law unto themselves... Yes, I've had many discussions about various emissions related stuff with them. They partly take DVLA data and then make up their own. Especially true with trucks and vans. 

One of my cars is an older (2003) diesel vdub, and actually has cleaner (lab measured) emissions than a standard, allowed-into-london, MODERN vdub. I discussed this and even with independent lab testing by the people who test new models(cars) for compliance, they still wouldn't have it. Same goes for leccy conversions. They would only take the original registered details (just like the petition is asking to be changed). Old top gear did a feature on this i think?

They did admit that busses and trucks that were converted to euro 6 by a few of 'their' approved retrofitters were exempt. Which naturally led me down the route of asking what's the difference between modding a truck/bus/van and a regular car... Reply- they're not considering modified emission cars. 

SMH. What can i say?

I know a few people within the N&S circular who now can't really use their like-new classic cars without paying the emissions tax. It's all crazy. 

Politics and money....

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