{"id":8125,"date":"2022-09-30T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:51:26","slug":"seven-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/seven-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the EV in sEVen &#8211; Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this project we&#8217;re converting a Caterham Seven Supersport SV from being powered by an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), into one powered by an electric motor and batteries (BEV &#8211; Battery Electric Vehicle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page is an index of articles relating to Putting the EV in sEVen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the whole YouTube playlist <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL6OuTDfINXE6_KvHPwbOzRoq4FShHeiHf&amp;si=DVjnLcruXTMCj73s\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/putting-the-ev-in-seven-introduction\/\">Putting the EV in sEVen &#8211; 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