This page will give you the legal requirements and other information required to be able to convert your vehicle to electric drive.

Note: Some of these document are particular for South Australia.

Many of these documents are PDF and require

Documents from the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure at Regency Park
(Kateena St. Regency Park. Phone 1300 882 249).

• "Conversion To Electric Drive"  (MR648 Fact Sheet)
  (This is an updated version of the "Information Bulletin 74".)

• "Chartered Professional Engineers" (MR426 fact sheet)
  This is referred to in the above fact sheet.

• "Modifications to Passenger Cars" -"Information Bulletin 3"
  see Page 6

• "Modifications to Motor Vehicles"  "Information Bulletin 19"
  see Page 2 -section regarding power of replacement (engine) motor.

• "Application To Modify Motor Vehicle" (MR620)
   

Note: The evric website has a page dedicated to the process of getting a car certified ready for the final inspection.

For the minutes of previous meetings, please go to the Meetings page.

Useful Documents From Members                                                                                  

• EV Overview - Nick King (PDF version of presentation)

• EV Battery Comparison - Eric Rodda (PDF version of presentation)

• Meters For EVs - Bruce Tonkin (PDF version of presentation)

• Battery Charging for EVs - Eric Rodda (PDF version of presentation)

• Buying on the NET from overseas - Edward Booth

• Choosing a vehicle for an EV - Edward Booth

• Choosing a DC Motor & Controller - Edward Booth

• Choosing an AC Drive for your EV - Dickson Beattie

• Building an Electric Car - David Rowe

• Low Cost Electric Vehicles - David Rowe

• Estimating the Cost of an EV - Edward Booth

• Goolwa Gopher Grand Prix - General Information Sheet
   Goolwa F1 Gopher GP Concept & Discussion Paper - Edward Booth
   Gopher Formula 1 Rules - Edward Booth
   Gopher Dragster Rules - Edward Booth

• Protection For EV Components - Edward Booth

Interesting Documents From The Internet

• Ironless Wheel Motor For a Direct Drive Vehicle Application
  from The Sustainable Energy Research Group - University of Queensland   (Thanks Blake)

AEVA (Adelaide) Documents

• Committee Member Nomination Form

• Membership Application/Renewal form (note Membership Application and Renewal can be done online through the AEVA national site, here.)

Electric Vehicles Seminar in Adelaide - April 23, 2010

For those of you who wanted copies of the presentations they are available in pdf at: http://www.autocrc.com/library-2.htm

Subjects:

• The Tindo Electric Bus and Recharging Infrastructure

• Accelerating the uptake of low emission vehicles in SA

• EVs in the context of the ADRs and CO2 labelling

• Battery Technology and Electric Vehicles

• EV Drive Trains

• The i MiEV

• Planning for EVs in Australia

• EVs and the Electricity Market

More to come ...