Chevy volt2/27/2023 Like most new cars, whether they run on lithium or liquefied dinosaurs, the Volt makes extensive use of CAN bus to do…well, pretty much everything. So her first goal was to outfit her thoroughly modern car with a decidedly old school user interface. Too many functions had to be done through the touch screen for her tastes, and she yearned for the days when you could actually turn a knob to control the air conditioning. While she loves the car itself, her main complaint (though this is certainly not limited to the Volt) was the lack of tactile controls. In an ongoing series on her blog, is documenting her efforts to add new features and functions to her Volt. One such Volt owner is, who’s recently made some considerable headway on hacking her hybrid ride. For a relatively low cost, a used Volt offers the automotive hacker a fascinating platform for upgrades and experimentation. While Chevrolet’s innovative electric hybrid might officially be headed to that great big junkyard in the sky, the Volt will still live on in the hearts and minds of hackers who’d rather compare amp hour than horsepower. Posted in car hacks Tagged battery pack, car, chevy volt, electric car, electric car battery, ev, EV conversion, Tesla Model S But even though the parts may change, the spirit of hacking will not. While Pi SBCs and LS engines are likely to dominate their respective fields for the foreseeable future, the quickly growing and evolving world of electric vehicles means this winning combo of today are likely to be replaced by some other combination in the future. A Volt battery pack costs less while still delivering enough peak power, and as it was originally developed to fit into an existing chassis, its smaller size also benefits garage tinkerers fitting it into project cars. It’s a matter of using the right tool for the job: most of these projects are not concerned about long range offered by Tesla’s battery. While the decision to use Tesla’s powerful motor is fairly obvious, the choice of Volt battery may be surprising. And while not up to the levels of LS swaps or Pi mods, there’s a decent sized body of knowledge for powerful garage-built electric cars thanks to pioneers like and a budding industry catering to those who want to build their own. Tesla Model S and Chevrolet Volt have been produced in volume long enough for components to show up at salvage yards. Things may not be quite as obvious in the electric world, but that’s changing. So if someone desired more power than is practical from a car’s original engine, the obvious next step is to swap it out for an LS. They are both compact, very powerful for the money, have a large body of existing projects to learn from, and an equally large ecosystem of accessories to help turn ideas into reality. The General Motors LS engine lineup is popular with petro heads for basically the same reasons Raspberry Pi are popular with the digital minded. Over the past few years, the world of electronics and automotive hacking started to converge in the form of electric car conversions, and proclaims the electric counterpart to “LS Swap” is to put a Telsa Model S motor and a Chevy Volt battery into a project car. For people who wrench on their cars, a similarly popular project is the “LS Swap”. A common project category on this site is “put a Raspberry Pi in it”.
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