ZEV240 Progress Blog...
All the blog posts are listed in the master list below. Click one, or search using the Blog Archive or start reading from the very first entry, way back when, and work your way up. Not all the original entries from the old (didnt expect dotmac to close!) site are across yet...
It will be easy, my head keeps telling me…
- Buy donor vehicle
- Remove ICE stuff
- Install eMotor, batteries, battery gauge, etc
- Install a power controller to connect batteries to motor
- Install recharging system etc etc
- Drive it and remind your friends mercilessly that your vehicle is more carbon neutral than theirs' is...
Hmmm, my heart says it might be tougher!
Controller settings and traction batteries
" I've realised that the settings can be tweaked to either maximise battery life OR power at the wheels, and now I know what I prefer "
Most good controllers allow you change of their …
What I've learned about managing a traction battery
Every EV owner knows that the condition of their traction pack trumps everything. If its working well, the car is fine, if its playing up then you have problems.
Managing the traction pack is a first-order skill for any EV driver.
nov13
I always knew that the 45 batteries that make …
Would you sell MR240, the EV?
Im often asked if I would sell the MR240 EV, and the truth is, as I explain below and if I had to, then yes, even if sadly.
Although it is great fun to drive a small sports car, my partner finds it is a long way down, and she says it a getting harder to get in and out of our EV, the MR240 sports car.
Her knees are saying 'enough', so it might not be long...
oct13
I didn't plan to make a whole blog entry …
Servicing an EV? A checklist?
Finding an auto mechanic with an interest in things electrical, or an auto electrician with mechanical skiils may not be hard, but then again it may be.
I seem to have found the perfect setup - a mechanical service I've know and trusted for years, with a recent interest in EVs… if only I had asked them before now!
Sep13
I've been looking for a local mechanic or …
Out with the old (ICE motor)...
MOTOR for sale. Working condition (if you count a noisy, heat-generating, gas-guzzling, oil-consuming mechanism for converting stored energy to road travel at around 28% efficiency as useful work). Suit memorabilia museum.
Above is the old one, for sale on GumTree if …
AC or DC motor?
Rinspeed iChange EV has no doors, entrance is via open canopy. Quite an electric car, top speed 220km/hr. Not commercially available yet... time to handmake your own!
Ive been busy, admittedly on other things including …
Mr 240 has landed (in WA)
The motor was the best part of the car, according to the previous owner. My dilemma is whether to sell it to recoup some costs, or argue that would be inappropriate to allow a gas guzzler back on the road!
Pick up from the Trucking Company
This morning we …
Are personal plates ok?
Importing a car, even interstate, has some hurdles. Both small and large. Re-registration, ok, but what about the plates? Personal plates? Is EV1 available? :-)
Just like modifying an ICE to an EV forces an inspection, …
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