Electric VW Beetle | Fully Charged
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- A glorious drive through glorious Welsh countryside in a classic VW Beetle, that's also a really impressive electric car.
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"From the outside there is nothing to give the game away that it's electric." Apart from the massive "100% electric" sticker in the window! :P
The mic picked up something. Bugged me the entire vid.
massive *and* hideous sticker.
It is more beautiful if the sticker change to "VOLTSWAGEN"
And the lack of exhaust pipes.
Plus the fact that it doesn't make that unmistakable Beetle sound.
I liked this guest, he was laid back and did well in front of the camera.
spot on
Yes I think we may see more of this person. I can see him doing a "Pimp My Car" type show from his workshop. He certainly has the presentation charisma. And a great advert for electrics.
Thank you guys. I'd love to do more in front of a camera but I feel I'm destined for a life of hammers and spanners. Which makes me just as happy. As long as the tea and cake flows in the workshop, I'm a happy man. :-)
Electric Classic Cars What a great bloke!.. (there were two great blokey blokes together in that car.) 😎
Very true.
Had the pleasure of meeting Richard and Graham. Took me for a ride in the beetle. 70mph up a hill with 4 of us in the car was surreal. This car would be perfect for city slickers in London. Zero congestion charge and way cooler than any modern offerings. Great episode in the Elan valley. A beautiful hidden gem of mid Wales. Well done Robert, Richard, Graham and the production team.
Thanks to Robert and the crew for this awesome video, it was a fun day. We're passionate about what we do here at Electric Classic Cars so it gets me all emotional reading all the positivity in everyones comments. Thank you all and I promise to reply to everyone as quickly as I can.
would it be possible to fit an old style beetle roof rack with solar panels and have it charge or top up the batteries
Technically you could do that, but practically I don't think it would be worth it. The extra weight and drag would also seriously impact the benefit of a solar panel on the roof.
if you lived in a sunny area and usually drive only a few miles a day in slow speed city traffic it would be an excellent idea.
at high speed the drag would kill range. a panel would add maybe 5 miles of range on a good sunny day so if you drive a lot it would be a waste of time and money.
but if you live in the inner city and drive 3 miles to work then it would probably add enough range to have you recharging it 3 or 4 times a year....
How much does it cost to insure? That seems like a potential issue as a younger driver!
What about the heating? Having removed the engine, this car would have no heating. I'd love to drive one of these around Buenos Aires!!!
I would have to add 'tail pipes' that put out bubbles and a sound device with sounds like the Jetson's car etc.
That is BRILLIANT! =D
I’d love to see that 😂 all you’d have to do to make someone’s day is drive by.
Hehehe
Voltswagen, love the name.
Its mean “Electric Car” no “People's Car” lol
BMWatt 😂
Absolutely beautiful videography, so happy to support this on Patreon, may there be many more to come!
That's very kind, thanks very much! It makes me happy to read comments like this.
I was about to post the same, Mark. Absolutely stunning shots, perfect audio and brilliant editing. You have taken Robert's show to the next level. Congrats and please keep it coming!
Mark Taylor-Hankins I'm a year late, but in deed, this episode had an amazing photography and aesthetics. Some shots look like well made advertisements. Congratulations and thank you !
For a moment I thought i was watching an expensive tv show. Awesome job and i love this topic
I would remove the sticker from the rear window and make people wonder :-)
This car looks beautiful. I'm starting to see why some people love classic cars.
Whyam I finding out about this channel just now? Love what you're doing guys.
Very glad you found us. Lots more coming.
+ 1, really awesome stuff! Keep it up!
fullychargedshow s
about to say the same thing. great work guys!
Nice job could have put some safety features without loosing originality and still can
This non-preachy kind of innovation is what we need more of. The nissan leaf just makes the whole electrification movement look ridiculous whereas this is a fun, cool looking classic car, that has the ability to change people's perception of electric cars. Very well done Fully charged. You guys are killing it.
TV that makes you smile.
One of the most beautiful episodes of Fully Charged. Perfect scenario, really beautiful well made car, and two fun and passionate persons chating about electric cars.
Now i need to see that Karmann Ghia! Please!
Vintage Voltage
Brilliant. This is the best way of keeping beautiful old machines on the road, and I wish these guys the greatest possible success. Very nice, Mr. Llewellyn! Thank you.
This will be big business in the future ..hold on! this is the future already.....
Wow, this is a whole new level of production quality!
Thank you! To be honest though, all that we did differently was film out of my boot and then added an old Kodak Film grade in post. All the same gear as standard FC. It's so nice to read all the positive comments about the look of this show. It really does make me happy. #engagesmugmode
I'd say your best episode yet. Well done.
This is brilliant. I'd so much rather have a car like this than one of the modern ones.
Not nearly as safe.
@@michelangelobuonarroti916 point? Safety is not always a concern.
@@michelangelobuonarroti916 - Well, it is a LITTLE safer than the original, lol. In the original, your crash protection was a spare tire and the fuel tank. Now it's a spare tire and a battery pack! But to be fair, VW's are pretty nimble, and the ones with disc brakes are pretty darn good at stopping. I've stopped quicker than modern cars on several occasions. Our Ghia has been in use for almost half a century, and the only major incident was when it was hit in the rear fender while filming the movie Zebrahead.
I started hating Beetles but Man This Electric version made me love them again. So good , so fast. Just great.
+Fully Charged You are doing a great job and I am proudly saying that your channel inspired thousands to buy EVs.
THIS is how electric is going to catch on. It's all well and good producing new electric cars, but cars aren't the problem, engines are. Replace the engines with good high quality conversions and people will flock to electric.
Absolutely. Couldn't have put it better.
People will flock, anyway.
You can't just replace the engine with a conversion, because the engine bay doesn't have enough space for the motor, battery and the motorcontroller. (I know it can be done, but until energy density in batteries goes up, it isn't efficient). New cars have the batteries build into the chassis so it has more batteries and can go much longer on one charge.
I would drive this VW
It a great idea! Only draw back is battery life is very short.
Wow! May I just mention the stunning scenery! Beautiful shots!
I was about to switch off at 30 seconds, Robert. You almost had me fooled. Marvelous show. Congratulations to Moggy and Graham on a beautifully executed concept. Cheers, Gents.
Cool old car. Brought back memories.
Gorgeous countryside.
Gotta say this footage is shot beautifully.
Not sure why this popped into my feed but OMG!! I am in love with this car. Always loved my 1971 Bug, even when it would freeze on the INSIDE of the windshield from the condensation. So many drawbacks to that car but I sure loved it. Thanks for the memories and the new dream of owning a car like this - keep up the good work! Visionary!
I'd love to see an electric DeLorean!!
That would be cool, but the creator would get crucified by DeLorean owners, if you so much as attach a custom exhaust to a DeLorean you get called a heretic. Yet you can cover them in bits of painted wood and polystyrene to pretend they are real time machines and no one bats an eyelid...
I would love to see an electric DeLorean that could go back in time, driven by a well meaning but selfish American high school teen who resents his weak dad and has an older mad scientist who does not comb his hair and has stolen some nuclear stuff from terrorists as a best friend, who accidentally goes back in time to save his mad scientist friend, but goes too far back and ends up confronting his dad's bully and accidentally kisses his mom. That would be great.
Liam Gaither This is a really good idea🙏
It’s been done
Yes! Back to the Future!
Watching this considerably discombobulated my mind! I was having visions of Electric 1966 AC Cobra 427 or an Electric E-Type and had to immediately lie down in a darkened room (which made it even worse) so I watched it again.
But electric e types are an actual thing.
I'm so glad I'm a patreon contributor for this channel,some of the best content on the Internet for sure.keep up the great work Rob...oh and looking forward to watching the new series of Red Dwarf too...SMEG... not long now 😁
Fantastic episode, great scenery and filming. Really love this!
Forget Herbie Fully Loaded. This is Fully Charged! :P
Ah the Elan Valley, great roads and scenery, I drive them often! Wales is beautiful.
Paul Hawkins I live down in Porthcawl so never get to see all the nice stuff but my girlfriend and I went on a weekend road trip recently and it was absolutely fantastic. Pen-Y-Fan, Elan Valley, Ystwyth Valley, Devil’s Bridge, Aberystwyth, Rhayader, Lake Vyrnwy, Pistyll Rhayader, Brecon, etc. Brilliant weekend.
great stuff! thanks for everything you have done Robert in the road to getting electric cars taking over everywhere!
Best program on conversion and the music was not weird like is so often out there. Thank you!
i wish someone would make a 50s impala electric it wold eliminate all the expensive running costs yet still be a flashy desirable classic car with none of the high maintenance.
This is so like Back To The Future's Doc Brown taking the petrol driven DeLorean into the future and converting it to fusion power and hover mode.
Petrol? Where we're going, we don't need petrol. :-)
Hehehe :D
Another entertaining, insightful, and well produced video!
Great episode. Really liked the surf music and the restoration job was amazing.
Where about's in Wales was this recorded? The scenery is gorgeous.
Elan Valley. Mid Wales,
Maybe Robert drove his Tesla there, and briefly made it the 'Elon' Valley.
near rhayader wonderful place check out the rhayader 20
Definitely looks like Elan Valley reservoirs. Could be wrong, mind you.
The Voltswagen would have a "ludikraut" mode fur the autobahn.
4 to 1 od
Absolutely brilliant ludikraut mode that just bought tears to my eyes from laughter
Absolutely brilliant kraut
Excellent job Richard!! Love it
Super; thumbs-up to Richard. Robert, you're jolly having too much fun. And incredible capture of vistas to your cinema-photographers! Yes, "living the dream." Cool whisper of the motor.
05:08 Absolutely stunning shot! Good work!
THAT is flipping elegant. Love how minimally the electronics are represented inside the car. I'd like to make something akin to a kit car on an electric chassis. Great guest and location.
This was such a fantastic video... a real joy to watch! Thanks so much for sharing. Would love to buy an electric classic from you in the future. Great job to all who made this!!!
Wow, absolutely gorgeous scenery. I love the look and build quality. Thanks.
wow, that is amazing, so well done!
pleas get in touch with Jehu Garcia and make a review on his electric VW samba!
yes!
Hello from sunny Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. Just letting you know that I am addicted to your show and truly is an inspiration for a sustainable future. Thanks for such a great work in every single episode.
Some nice videography here.
It all goes very well together with Robert's carisma and the mission of the channel.
Keep it up.
Really like this conversion idea, especially for VW Type 2 campers (as they were always woefully underpowered and loved catching fire on the A38).
Hi Jonny. Love what you do with that Flux Capacitor too. I may get around to putting a dual motor setup in my old drag bug if I ever find time. Don't worry you'll still kick my a** as it will only do low 11s by my calculation. VW buses we convert too - 200 mile range, Chademo charging, etc.....
"absolutely nothing on the exterior to give the game away" - huge '100% electric' sticker on the back window XD
Brilliant! and the filming has the air of a classic car advert. A classic car in a beautiful setting.
Nice report. Good to see another well done conversion. Good on all the EV conversion shops that are keeping the classics on the road - yeah !!!
very cool and he seems like a good guy. id personally like to see the mad max interceptor made into an insane electric car.
This was just awesome! :D
Now that is some beautiful countryside. Thanks.
freaking out about this car, so amazing! fantastic work!
5:05 looks like a movie you'd see in theaters
Almost perfect just needs a speaker with the air cooled flat 4 sound playing :-D
Lol!
Throwback Tuesday! Brilliant stuff
Steadily going through the back catalogue of videos now I've found this channel. It's one of the most naturally optimistic, positive(ly charged) shows around. With climate change predictions now getting worse, we're in need of more hopeful visions of a tech future at a human scale. I just love this, more power to you Robert et al.
What a cool car. What blew me away was the clutch and gears are still there and functional. I never really thought about downshifting an electric motor... would you even rev match?
Robert I am pleading with you please, please. Do a show on Tidal turbines. Everyone knows about regular wind turbines but Tidal turbines offer so much more especially in densely populated coastal areas.
Wonderful job on the restoration and conversion. Lovely!
Awesome video, don't know what you're doing exactly but want to know, this is some fantastic film work! and of course the car too!
Amazing job on the car, though I must admit, it is very weird seeing a Beetle running without the distinctive engine chorus. I'd be putting a stereo in the back with Beetle engine sounds or something :P
Beautifully filmed! Where in Wales is that? It's absolutely amazing!
Loved this video. Nicely done, good production team, audio and video quality seem to be from large TV studios. I enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for sharing these beautiful cars with the rest of the world. Greetings from Mexico.
You have to love the old classic vw beatle! Awesome job with converting it into an all electric car!
Now if you can just do that to my 2016 Subaru with four-wheel-drive.
This is officially my dream car! Would love you know how much it would cost.
Hiya Ryan, I met the guy who made this car at an EV show and I believe he said the Beetle cost £25,000 in total :)
Ben Manley, that's not too bad at all!
I imagine it's a case of, "If you need to ask, you can't afford it..."
I just wanted to say congrats to Mark, Robert and whoever else is also working on the production for FC. Very good photography, sound, editing and grading. This episode was a pleasure to watch! Guys you're all doing a fantastic job, keep it up!
Thanks very much! My brother @heinzjunkins helped out on this shoot too. The grade was adapted from a Kodak version2 filter. I think it works too. Thanks for the kind words though, means a lot!
Brilliant production!!
Well done!!
This is absolutely fantastic!
This is coming from someone who doesn't like electric vehicles and who actually worked for VW in Florida testing their vehicles... including their electric versions.
Yes, but does the heater work?
Yes exactly! There are loads and loads of compliments and that is getting down to the real issue! A lot of electric car enthusiasts will be highly disappointed when they discover their range drops dramatically if they want to stay warm in the cold months.lol 😲 that 25000 pound sticker price doesn't seem so great when you realize it's not an all-weather car.
I have Nissan Leaf and would trade it in for one of these unfortunately I live in Canada, wonder what the shipping charges would be?
Great show! What a sweet restoration. Plus the electric bit. Loved hearing it wizz past camera!! Voltswagon indeed!
I wish i could get this for my chevy 2500 lifted 4x4 and still pull a 10,000 pound toy hauler.
I wish there was an EV that had like a little thumbwheel on the shifter where you could continuously adjust the regen braking to maintain a constant speed downhill (or for whatever you need). Toyota hybrids have a "B mode", that's useless.
Hmm .. why a thumbwheel?
I manage to adjust the regen breaking with the 'acceleratorpedal' of my BMW i3. I can adjust the regen breaking seamlessly between the pedal position for cruise (with slightly below that beeing light regen breaking) and let the foot off the pedal (which represents hardest possible regen breaking). Everything between can be adjusted seamless which i use quite often to maintain constant speed downhill.
The Tesla also do adjust the regenerative Brake by Accelerator Pedal. They call it One Pedal Driving. And in Most Conditions it is so. you don't have to put your foot one the Brake Pedal.
But then you have to keep your foot on the pedal.
SilentS Yes ... that's the point. I always have the foot on the pedal. Why take it off?
If i have really long drives on the highway there is cruise control.
No one ever said it was a feature YOU wanted. Just one I do.
Awesome!!! I learned to drive on my father's Red '66 Beetle and have been enjoying my Nissan Leaf for just over 2 years, so this really caught my attention. This is a classic car I'd consider owning.
I imagine this Beetle even has heat, so it's a double win!!!
Cool, well done on the whole series Robert.
Hi Robert, great film. Can we charge at all of the dams? or just a few, I have a friend who would like to see the valley, and I have a LEAF.
The Elan Valley visitors centre has a charger, if you use Zap-Maps it will sbhow you where every charger in the UK is located
That would be cool it every dam had a small hydro station to power chargers.
Best bit of a Baja Beatle was the fact that engine sticks out the back and looks impressive... I'm sad to say converting that to an electric would make me sad.. But doing this to a Camper would make me SUPER happy.
the engine only sticks out the back if you stick a bigger engine in it.
What the Morgan EV3 showed me was that vintage design accommodates an electric powertrain rather well if the designer behind it is talented and enthusiastic enough to do it properly. Though perhaps not on the baja beetle, as a very specific case. Someone once said about that thing that the poorer the condition they're in, the better they look.
brian, if you were turning a Beetle in to a Baja Bug you would have to stick a bigger engine in it or it defeats the purpose.
I SO WANT THAT CAR!!!! Awesome! Great video thanks for posting.
What a super concept. Thanks for the video
Electric P1800, yeah, that would be nice :-)
Is that the sound of the electric motor or the whine of Adolf Hitler spinning in his grave at high RPM? Lovely cinematography on this top marks to the team! Deutsche Marks.
Great film Robert, you've just taken Fully Charged to the next level in editing and filming. More mountain roads!
Outstanding as per the norm for the program well done love the vw electric fab give us much more Robert well done love the program
Wonder how much it costs to do? I've got a Citroen 2cv, it works just fine for now, but if the day comes when the flat twin cylinder engine shits itself out of the bottom of the car, I'd love it if something like this could be done to it for around the same price as an engine rebuild. Though I suspect it probably costs about as much as it did to buy my car in the first place.
how much would an engine rebuild be ?
BitsAndBites About 800 pounds actually, so probably not
it can be done on the cheap, but it really depends on your expectations for the finished product, speed, range etc. the cheapest car conversion to my knowledge, look up forkenswift. a 2cv would be very cool
shederickk Realistically the specs would have to match those of the beetle in the video. The 2cv is a lot lighter, so that might make it easier, but it's still going to be an expensive conversion in today's prices. Oh well, the engine in it is delightful anyway, maybe 10 years down the line this sort of conversion will be a lot cheaper.
Some numbers and nerdery would have been nice. What motor, controller, batteries. They talked about the power output of the original engine but not the new one. Well, we got the 0-60 time, but not the motor power output. I know this sort of nerdery is not really the point of Fully charged, but a bit more detail wouldn';t do any harm. Guess I'll have to wade through diy-electric-car.com instead.
This is really cool, but my e type will never be going electric, it would remove a massive chunk of the cars character, the pure roar of the XK6 engine, and I love the sound of air cooled VWs and 911s. I think making them electric kind of defeats the point of them being classic cars. My vision of the future would be all modern cars electric but petrol heads and enthusiasts run a petrol classic as a hobby which wouldn't be a bad thing because their isn't many in the road.
had you seen the cars in the Gattaca movie?
Yeh, thats a good point thats what this is like. ;)
Morgan Wright
Listen to Tom Sawyer on Moving Pictures by Rush
Beautiful episode!
Respect for the ones involved in making this awesome conversion !
it's very mature that nobody said "first"
second
or "slug bug red!"
32nd
Nobody said 'first' or 'Adolph'. And there's only one down vote. Everyone gets a round of applause and a chocky biscuit!
Can you do my RX7?
Yes indeed.
Electric Classic Cars will you post some more examples on youre channel? Or this is only car you made so far?
The whole point of the RX7 using Rotary engine is to keep the car light. With the electric conversion it'll totally defeat that purpose.
***** I want the look of my RX7 on the road for years after combustion is put to bed........................right now I love driving my rotary...............but I realise it is like loving a dinosaur.
jeff belli slack I think internal combustion still have at least 20 years left before getting completely phased out or banned (at least in the US). By the time ICE engines are banned, battery tech are probably much better than what we have now, so probably it can give you reasonable range with less weight than what we have now.
Beautifully restored and a very clean (pardon the pun) conversion to an electric car.
Thanks for showing how well the old blends with the new.
What a wonderful story - congratulation Richard, you're on a winner as you no doubt know. And I love the `Voltswagen' idea. I hope VW take it up.
Wow... finally we can keep classic cars without using gasoline.
I'll take 2 please!
Sold ;-)
For real, how much?
Lovely looking car and fantastic scenery to boot.
And that's how its done, effortless perfection. Really enjoyed that.
"This VW has been fitted with a device to defeat emissions!" - a line stolen from someone else converting a VW.