Swede for Speed - EV Converted P1800 Volvo

The Volvo P1800 is one of Volvo's greatest creations. Often overlooked and almost forgotten, this is the best looking car they ever produced. With killer looks and a well engineered chassis, the crew at Flash Drive Motors in Austin Texas wanted to make the performance worthy of the Volvo name badge - by swapping to all electric drivetrain.
The power plant of choice is dual hyper 9 electric motors coupled a direct output to the rear wheels. The 144 Volt system uses Tesla batteries and two motors capable of 350 lb-ft of torque.
Part 1 we cover the teardown, fabrication and restoration of the car. Which included gratuitous use of lasers.. among other things. The final Digital Blue Paint really makes the car standout and it simple application of technology makes ready for any driving condition.
Part 2 will be coming soon and we will continue by showing the EV components and road testing the finished product.
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Laser Clean - Austin Texas
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#volvo

[@bidon5037]

Titan's work, bravo it is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

[@rexmundi8154]

I had a 1966 Volvo 4 door rear wheel drive, forget the model. There was a huge snowstorm that shut down the city but I worked for a hospital and had to go to work. On my way in, the only other vehicles on the road were humves from the National guard. It was surreal

[@dissrepair]

They are almost indestructible! Great story

[@2.3_44XD--]

Awesome job. I wish Bond also wanted a Chrysler Voyager or a Mercedes R-Class. That would be a less stylish but more Bond with family conversion.

[@surendrashah901]

Champion

[@rexmundi8154]

There are a million videos of people painting cars but very few showing the technical aspects of the EV drive. I wanted to see more of that. The car looks great tho.

[@dissrepair]

Part 2 will have more about the technical details on EV build .

[@Molishious]

My dad owned one of these for several years and put a lot of miles on it. Some of them with my brother or myself sitting sideways in the back seat. It was green and he called it the Croc. While I thought it was fun to drive my dad admitted that it was sports car looks without sports car ability. Seems like a great candidate for an EV.

[@chiefpiatti]

Great work. I’m following this build. I own a 67S.

[@dissrepair]

Awesome and thanks

[@Molishious]

Why the dual hyper 9s? Is it not possible to get a single motor that gives you enough horsepower? Amazing job on the car. It’s very impressive that you can do the mechanical and body work. The body work actually looks more challenging.

[@mikejf4377]

Where do you find information about the output of the double hyper9 electric motor?

[@dissrepair]

We will share more in part 2

[@darwinskeeper421]

I'm sorry but the P1800 isn't the most beautiful car Volvo made. It's a cute car but it doesn't hold a candle to the 240 Wagon. Boxy is beautiful.

[@dissrepair]

I happen to disagree , but that’s why they didn’t only sell one body style

[@donovandelaney3171]

I hope you used organic.