{"id":217611,"date":"2021-04-02T16:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-this-vw-bus-get-an-ev-conversion-and-let-your-worries-melt-away\/"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:40:19","slug":"watch-this-vw-bus-get-an-ev-conversion-and-let-your-worries-melt-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-this-vw-bus-get-an-ev-conversion-and-let-your-worries-melt-away\/","title":{"rendered":"#Watch this VW bus get an EV-conversion and let your worries melt away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a417a252e50d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a417a252e50d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-this-vw-bus-get-an-ev-conversion-and-let-your-worries-melt-away\/#The_VW_doctor_is_in\" >The VW doctor is in<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Watch this VW bus get an EV-conversion and let your worries melt away<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xcBEw9FTHqg\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                I\u2019ve managed to go quite a few months without mentioning the goddamn coronavirus in an article. But here we are.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry though, I\u2019m no longer succumbing to be a harbinger of doom and gloom. Instead, I\u2019m bringing you a salve for your sore, worried mind, and it comes in the form of an electrified classic VW bus.<\/p>\n<p>                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/avz903cxvd?videoFoam=true&amp;autoplay=true&amp;silentAutoPlay=true\" title=\"Bumper 06 Video\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the past year, I\u2019ve watched more\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\">car\u00a0restoration shows than I\u2019ve watched in the preceding five years. There\u2019s something cathartic and soothing about watching a pile of rust be transformed back to its former glory with nothing more than skill, love, and time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\/><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\">EV\u00a0restomods are also big business right now. There\u2019s a growing community of modders who take cl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed out old sheds, and throw electric motors and batteries in them to breathe new life into what otherwise would have been destined for the scrapheap. You get all the aesthetic joy of seeing a classic come back to life, with none of the draw backs associated with rebuilding engines and gearboxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_VW_doctor_is_in\"><\/span>\n<span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\/>The VW doctor is in<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Luckily for my lockdown sanity, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> is absolutely rife with the kinds of video that I just love to put on, so I can, zone in and out, and let my worries slip away. Sometimes I have them on as background noise whilst I read. Other times, I\u2019m genuinely interested and follow every turn of the screw as some classic is brought back to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I urge you to watch the below 25-minute timelapse from Jehu Garcia over on YouTube, where he converted a classic VW bus to electric power, and see what it does for you.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIY Electric Classic VW BUS conversion in 20 minute Timelapse\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcBEw9FTHqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAfter 20 minutes or so of watching a video like this, I return to life, refreshed. Perhaps it\u2019s watching something go from rusted nothingness to something beautiful that reassures me.<\/p>\n<p>Like it\u2019s some kind of metaphor for life right now: that we\u2019re going through a similar transformation. Perhaps we\u2019re that same rusted-out VW bus, but with a bit of love and time, we\u2019ll disengage our handbrake and roll out gorgeously into the world again.<\/p>\n<p><span>Or just use it to kill 25 minutes and stave off your boredom. I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m not your\u00a0<span class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\">dad<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><i><span>Do<\/span> EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? 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