ev conversions

After a report 5,000 hours of development time, custom tuning house Lunaz has breathed new life into this classic Range Rover Safari cabriolet by ditching the old 3.9L V8 and replacing it with dual electric motors — but there’s a lot more to this build than an engine swap! Lunaz says the project was originally inspired by the Range Rover convertible featured in the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy” and driven by Roger Moore. Starting with a 1983 two-door wagon model, the Lunaz crew did more than…

Th electronic controls experts at Moog Construction have launched the ZQuip Modular Battery System as a lower cost electrification option that enables fleets to convert their diesel-powered heavy equipment into zero-emissions vehicles at a lower cost than buying all-new machines. First shown as a proof-of-concept model built on a Caterpillar CAT 308 8-ton excavator, the ZQuip battery-electric conversion turned the conventional machine into a quiet, 140 kW, zero-emissions excavator ready to go to…

For the first time in the company’s 40-year history, Liebherr have converted one of their R 9400 excavators from a conventional diesel to an electric powertrain. The re-powered mining machine was commissioned at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia – but what’s more significant is that the conversion was done during the standard service life of the machine. “The modular design of Liebherr equipment makes it possible to repower existing diesel excavators to new zero emission…