{"id":108136,"date":"2020-06-03T18:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T01:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/volkswagen-t2-camper-van-electric-conversion"},"modified":"2020-06-03T18:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T01:44:11","slug":"volkswagen-t2-camper-van-electric-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/volkswagen-t2-camper-van-electric-conversion","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen T2 Camper Van Electric Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNzlxwOFlxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A couple of months ago <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2020\/03\/07\/uk-company-is-bringing-the-electric-revolution-to-hippy-camper-vans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I introduced you to a UK company that converts classic cars to electric propulsion<\/a>. The company, named <a href=\"https:\/\/edubconversions.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>eDub Services<\/em><\/a>, was founded by a young man named Kit Lacey, and since my piece on his business, he and I have been in conversation about this fascinating field of entrepreneurship. I have an old <a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2018\/06\/02\/what-was-i-thinking-a-tale-of-an-ev-conversion-that-was-over-before-it-began\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volvo 240 in my garage that one day will need an electric drivetrain for sure<\/a>, so getting acquainted with someone like Kit is a good bet.<\/p>\n<p>I talked to Kit about the concrete and chronological information on his rebuilds and how we could make it accessible for all of us curious about how such projects can be carried out. This series is the result, in Kit Lacey\u2019s own words. So let\u2019s begin at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>It all started with a road trip. All the best ideas do, in my opinion. Driving down the A1 with my mum in the driver\u2019s seat and my wife in the back. The year is 2013. \u201cHow hard would it be to convert a camper van to electric?\u201d I ask my mum. \u201cNot too hard,\u201d she replied. \u2026 Maybe a strange question to ask, but there is some context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of months ago I introduced you to a UK company that converts classic cars to electric propulsion. The company, named eDub Services, was founded by a young man named Kit Lacey, and since my piece on his business, he and I have been in conversation about this fascinating field of entrepreneurship. I have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}