Electric VW Bug Conversion Kit – Expert Support for Your Classic Ride!
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Here are all the kits you need for an electric VW Beetle conversion
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(1).Motor
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(2).AC Electric Motor Controller
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(3).DC to DC Converter
- (4).Car Dashboard Display
- (5).Lithium Battery Charger for Electric Vehicles
- (6).12V vacuum pump booster
- (7).15kw/20kw motor shaft coupling & transmission adapter plate
- (8).LeFePO4battery cell PACK
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The motor is the heart of any electric VW Beetle conversion. It replaces the original internal combustion engine and determines the vehicle’s performance, torque, and overall driving experience. When choosing a motor for your Beetle, it’s essential to consider factors such as power output, voltage, weight, and compatibility with the existing transmission. Compact yet powerful motors like the AC or Hyper9 series are popular choices, offering a balance of efficiency and smooth acceleration ideal for the Beetle’s lightweight frame. Selecting the right motor ensures optimal range, drivability, and reliability for your classic car turned electric.
The motor controller plays a critical role in converting a classic VW Beetle to electric. It regulates the power flow from the battery to the motor, ensuring smooth acceleration, efficient energy use, and safe operation. For a VW Beetle, choosing the right motor controller depends on the type of motor you’re using (AC or DC), the vehicle’s weight, and your desired performance. A well-matched controller enhances driving experience and protects the components from overload. When selecting a motor controller for your Beetle conversion, look for compatibility with your motor’s voltage and current ratings, regenerative braking support, and reliable thermal protection.
The battery pack is the heart of your electric VW Beetle conversion. It stores and delivers the energy needed to power the motor and drive your classic car smoothly and efficiently. Choosing the right battery pack is crucial — it affects your driving range, performance, weight distribution, and overall safety. For a VW Beetle, it’s important to balance capacity with space constraints, usually opting for a compact, lightweight lithium battery pack that fits the original chassis. Make sure to consider voltage compatibility with your motor and controller, and always choose a well-built pack with a reliable BMS (Battery Management System) for optimal performance and long-term durability.
The Car Dashboard Display E-620 Instrument Cluster plays a crucial role in your VW Beetle electric conversion. It serves as the central interface between you and your newly electrified vehicle, providing real-time data such as battery voltage, speed, motor temperature, and system diagnostics. For a smooth retrofit into a classic VW Beetle, it’s important to choose an E-620 model that supports customizable layouts, clear visibility in both sunlight and nighttime conditions, and seamless integration with your EV controller and battery system. Selecting the right version ensures reliable performance, a clean dashboard fit, and a modern driving experience without compromising the Beetle’s vintage charm.
The Role of a Lithium Battery Charger in a VW Beetle EV Conversion
In a VW Beetle electric conversion, the lithium battery charger plays a critical role in ensuring your battery pack is safely and efficiently recharged. It regulates voltage and current during charging to protect the lithium cells from overcharging, overheating, or imbalance—extending battery life and improving performance. When selecting a lithium battery charger for your Beetle EV project, it’s important to choose one that matches your battery pack’s voltage (e.g., 72V, 96V, 120V) and chemistry (such as LiFePO4 or NMC). Look for a charger with smart features like automatic cut-off, temperature protection, and CAN communication compatibility. Choosing the right charger ensures fast, safe charging and long-term reliability for your converted electric Beetle.
In an electric VW Beetle conversion, the vacuum pump booster plays a critical role in maintaining effective braking performance. Since electric motors don’t generate engine vacuum like combustion engines do, a vacuum pump is necessary to power the brake booster, ensuring safe and responsive braking. When choosing a vacuum pump booster for your VW Beetle, it’s important to select a unit that is compact, quiet, and provides stable vacuum pressure suitable for classic car brake systems. Look for pumps with built-in pressure switches and mounting brackets for easy installation. Compatibility with 12V systems and a vacuum range of 18–23 inHg is typically ideal for vintage Beetle conversions.
The adapter plate is a critical component in converting a VW Beetle to electric power. It connects the electric motor to the original transmission, ensuring proper alignment and efficient power transfer. Since classic Beetles use an air-cooled engine with a specific bolt pattern, the adapter plate must precisely match both the motor’s flange and the Beetle’s transmission. When selecting an adapter plate for your VW Beetle EV conversion, make sure it’s compatible with your chosen motor (such as a Hyper9 or AC50) and the year/model of your Beetle’s transmission. High-quality, CNC-machined plates made from aluminum are recommended for durability and fit. Choosing the right adapter plate ensures smooth operation and avoids costly alignment issues down the road.
Lithium batteries play a crucial role in converting a classic VW Beetle to electric power. They serve as the heart of the electric drivetrain, supplying consistent, high-efficiency energy to the motor and controller. When choosing lithium batteries for your VW Beetle conversion, it’s important to consider voltage, capacity, weight, and fitment. A typical setup uses 72V–120V battery packs with a capacity between 80Ah and 150Ah, depending on your desired range and performance. For the Beetle’s compact frame, modular lithium battery packs (such as LiFePO₄) are ideal due to their lightweight and flexibility in layout. Always ensure the batteries are properly balanced, compatible with your controller, and come with a reliable Battery Management System (BMS) for safety and performance.
Generally speaking, this is a ecomonic power choices for customers who owned Beetle/Bug. We provide stronger motors such as AC induction 20KW rated/55kw peak air cool motor, or PMSM liquid cool 25KW rated/45KW peak power.
Considering the limited space of this classic car, the motor power can not be more than 30KW rated, because the system voltage will be more than 250V, then battery pack will be too big to be installed inside the car.
Except VW Beetle/Bug, our company also make many other conversion kits from 1kw upto 200KW, used for cars, pickup, van, buses, trucks etc.
We welcome you talk with our sales persons for further communication!
Cost and price of electrifying the Volkswagen Beetle
The cost of converting a VW Beetle to electric power depends on several key factors.
Prices vary based on the type of conversion kit you choose, the number of components included (such as motor, controller, batteries, etc.), and the supplier you purchase from. Basic kits may start at a few thousand dollars, while complete high-performance packages can cost significantly more. To get an accurate estimate tailored to your needs, feel free to contact us—we’ll help you understand the pricing and find the right solution for your Beetle conversion project.
Successful Conversion Cases We've Delivered for Our Clients：
This is a Phillippines customer, who used 7.5KW 72V motor made by our company. The coupler and adapter made by himself, his car is 1974 Super Beetle. After conversion, he won the first award in a country grade EV conversion Event.
This is a UK customer, who used our 15KW rated 96V motor kit. And he is very happy with the kit.
Questions About Volkswagen Beetle Conversions
Yes, we provide all electronic parts for conversion. We also provide wire diagram system, each part user manual, so you will have no obstacles for installation and connection of the system.
Yes, we provide motor spline coupler and adapter plate to install motor to original transmisison. But the original transmission’s clutch need to get removed. If you want to keep clutch, you need modify the spline coupler to clutch a bit. Because we do not have car in hand, so we bought a old transmission without clutch to make the coupler and adapter kit.
We provide two years for battery, and one year warranty for other parts. We only use top grade quality products. If any parts failure from manufacturing issues, we provide repair parts for replacement.
If we have stocks ready to go, the lead time is one weeek after order confirmed. if we have no stocks, lead time might be 4 weeks after order confirmed.
After you have discussed with sales manager all details of the order, he or she will make proforma invoice with all details and bank accounts for payment, normally payment is through bank to bank T/T. Other payment ways are also flexible to accept after discussion.
We only use top brand of cells in China, like EVE, like Gotion etc, most of the case we use EVE brand pure new and A grade cells to make pack. And in our battery pack we surely use real automobile grade BMS, not simple protection board.
We care about reputation more than our customers!
We are real manufacturer, not sales trade office/company, we started our motor production from 1995 in China. In conversion we now have more than 10 year experiencee. In the whole drive systems, we do not produce all parts, but motor we make, controller we provide CAN BUS and technical requests to our partner, same as lithium battery pack and wire hanress of the system, the design and CAN BUS are from us. other accessories like gas peda, meter etc we get from reliable partners.
Except motor and drive train solution, we also owns our own low speed electric vehicle assembly factory, its website/brand is www.gmtlsv.com
In short, we are EV expert with decades experience in China!
Yes, our key electronic components are with CE certificate for Europe markets, so at the moment, we ship to Europe like France, UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Turkey etc.
We also have ISO9001 quality manage certificate.
For our EV products, we also have WMI （World Manufacturer Identifier） certificate, each vehilce has its VIN number.
To some particular countries, they have requests in import or tax reduces policy such as for Africa countries and Middle East, COC or SABER might needed for import. For some countries, certificate of origin: FORM A, FORM E etc are requested. We all have experience to make for customers.
Yes, of course, our engineers who can speak English directly, video talk/email/Whatsapp they can communicate and serve customers without obstacles.
No matter before-sales or after sales, we all request in time response 24 hours and 7 days as long as we see the requests.
For necessary project, we can also send engineers to customers’ company for guide or training.
We also welcome customers to send engineers to us for onsite learning and training!
Yes, no problem, we support that. We hope customers can do longterm business so customization of his logo is OK
Please consult with our sales Director :
whatsapp/wechat: + 86 1812358 9096
We are more than welcome for your inquiries.
