The 8 day Wavetrophy from Stuttgart to Zürich went over the Furkapass today. And the electric Überbug from Rebbl made it! The Curtis controller got a little hot, but with a little extra cooling from the permafrost all went very smooth. Take a look at the breathtaking scenery.
We did it! The worlds biggest electro rally The Wavetrophy achieved the official World Record today in Stuttgart. 507 electric cars in line made this great picture. Wonderful to be here with Rebbl’s Lovebus and Überbug.
In preparation for the biggest e-rally in the world, the Wavetrophy, we decided to convert the Überbug from AC to DC. How else will we be able to drive of a 3000m Alp? We had some wrestling with software, upgrades and settings, and even had to bypass 10 cells (out of 110) to get even …
In preparation of the Wavetrophy we analyzed the field test of the Lovebus and took a good look at the breaking system of the Uberbug. It needed modern disk breaks before, to get it approved by the RDW. But we expect going up and down the Alps by 3000m within an hour, and this will …
About 80 teams from 12 countries will enter the Wave Trophy (May 31 – June 8). Rebbl will participate with two teams: Team Lovebus, supported by Greenchoice, and team Überbug, supported by theAmsterdam Energy & Climate Fund. Take a look at the other teams: lots of nice Tesla’s and Leafs, but also other (oldtimer) conversions like Porsches and …
Rebbl will participate in The Wave Trophy, the world’s largest EV rally, leading from Baden-Württemberg to the Alps in 8 days, starting May 31st. There will be 50 – 70 participating teams from all over the world. We will enter the race with the Longrange T2 Lovebus and the Uberbug. And… we have two seats …
Now that spring is finally coming through in Europe, we are very excited to test the Überbug on it’s maximum range. Winter results were promising: 185km on a cold afternoon with the heater on. What will it be when it’s nice and warm, no wind… Anybody knows the range record for converted VW Bugs? Because …
The Überbug is ready. This electric VW Bug, with a range of over 22okm on one charge, is dying to be presented to you. But the snow prevents us to show it to you in full glory. Come on over springtime, we’re done here with winter! More pictures here.
Great flexibility: fully charged the range of this electric VW Bug is over 220km. And with 3 chargers aboard, it charges an additional 45km per hour. That’s our top of the line oldtimer-Beetle-kit: the Überbug. It’s a great ride!
