Porsche 914E Electric Conversion and Tesla Obsession

This blog follows the progress of restoring and converting a 1973 Porsche 914 from stock to full electric drive, with an electric motor and half a ton of batteries. Now that the car is done and in storage while I live overseas, I'm adding descriptions and pictures of each Tesla location I visit.

Monday, November 6, 2017

My Tour of the Tesla Gigafactory - September 22, 2017

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At long last, I can reveal my super-secret, super-geeky event - a tour of the Tesla Gigafactory! Due to confidentiality, details are light b...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The 914E is For Sale

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Short Story: My restored and electric converted Porsche 914E is for sale.  According to my records, I've got about $40,000 into it, not ...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Battery Pack and Related Electrics Version 2.0

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I spent the afternoon of my birthday playing around with a new Lithium ion battery pack design for the 914, if I ever return to civilization...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Tesla Paris Chambourcy Showroom and Service Center

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From the Paris Ouest Tesla showroom, I took another series of trains and subways to get as far as I could to St. Germain, home of the famous...

Tesla Paris Ouest France Showroom and Service Center

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While in Paris I discovered two Tesla locations, one easy to get to and one difficult.  I went to the easy one first in Paris Ouest.  I did ...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Tesla Tilburg Netherlands Showroom and European Factory

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The Tilburg factory is a 2 hour walk, train, bus and walk in the pouring rain but hey if I'm that close I have to do it. I walk into t...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Tesla Amsterdam Zuid-Oost Netherlands Showroom, Service Center and European Headquarters

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On the Amsterdam city outskirts is another Tesla location.  This one combines a showroom, huge service Center and the Tesla European headqua...

Tesla Amsterdam Netherlands Showroom

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I walked to the Tesla showroom, of course.  It's in a tiny storefront in an upscale part of town.  The young man working there said elec...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

New Electric Amsterdam Netherlands

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Continuing my trip, I made a stop in Amsterdam and visit Anne Kloppenborg and his New Electric company, building electric cars and boats. ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Tesla Copenhagen Denmark Showroom and Electric Bicycles

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Continuing my trip I tracked down the Tesla showroom in Copenhagen.  This is a very dense city with small streets and the showroom was tiny ...
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