Revision 3

The first EV Boxster S did not perform as well as we'd hoped - she had consistent problems with short range and overheating. So after a year of planning and building, the car was back, better than ever. With a larger battery and a new motor controller, she could burn rubber in a straight line and travel over 90 miles on a charge.

But then... the Siemens motor died. Output shaft sheared off. A great excuse to upgrade to Tesla and the Openinverter board! Hop on over the V3 Build page for some early pictures.

A nice article was published on the original build last year. Here it is!

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/st-helena-teen-converts-porsche-boxster-to-electric-vehicle/article_351e5d82-93bb-5b90-bb45-7e20f5bd030b.html

EV Boxster S

Portia is a 2000 Boxster S in Arctic Silver. She is lightweight, aerodynamic and pretty.
She has Nissan Leaf batteries, a Siemens 1PV5135 motor and Azure Dynamics DMOC645 inverter.
Range is estimated at 65 miles.
The project has cost about $17,000 so far; $3500 for the car.
(Umm, this cost is going up with the Tesla build. We'll see where it ends up.)
Here's a quick video of the first version!