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http://southbaycities.org/sites/default/files/Metro%20Slow%20Speed%20Network%20Study.pdf This is wonderful, it makes me so proud to be a Californian, I hope we can implement it. On the beach paths you can clock a few ebikes passing every minute, people commuting from Redondo Beach to Playa Del Rey ...

kiwiev wrote:I drive our deluxe EV 1966 bug around and its bloody scary the people that come up to you and tell stories of all the things they got up to in one.
Cheers Kiwi

Nice Job on the ‘66 Kiwi! Build thread?

-JD

Hi brokenblinker, Glad this helped, your duty cycle sounds ideal for an EV! Yep, with the 8 year/100k warrantee on the battery you wouldnt have to worry about it for 5.5 years on a 2015. Even so, it isn't like the pack goes off a cliff in 8 years - most batteries' cycle life is rated until they drop...

1,000 miles in, I am still digging this car. On another note, here is someone else's 500e at a burnout competition:




And a link if you want to see more details at 720p:
https://youtu.be/Y-bJlcmnMdI

Thanks dauntless, that looks like a nice donor!

Today is the 4 year anniversary of when I took delivery of the Towdster.

It seems like another lifetime ago, the project took so much time, over so many cycles of hard work and consequent burnout.

Nice to seeya methy, curious to see how this goes!

-JD

Excellent job! :D I have particular interest in your build - I don't know if you have seen my B.F. Meyers Towdster dune buggy build (CLICK HERE for the long build thread) , but it looks like we think along the same lines. I finished it a few years ago, and it is monster fast, but I've been thinking ...

Congrats on your 500e Goathead! I wasn't seeing the best prices on CarMax, but the cheap shipping and return options may make it worthwhile to many. Thanks Kiwiev, much of USA has not caught on, California is the exception. Heck, my local Electric company just started a program that is giving $450 t...

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Wow Dogman , quite a story, I am so glad that you and yours are OK.

-JD

Oatnet.. Thanks for taking the time to post that review and shopping info. Its the best info pack on a vehicle of any type that i have seen anywhere ! Professional reviewers should take lessons from you. Sadly,... Down here we have none of your options for used EVs, very few available of any type ....

cal3thousand wrote:I've been mildly interested in these cars lately and it is very nice of you to share your work!

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Thanks cal!

The fingers wrote:Also thanks for sharing, looks like a match made in heaven. Getting ready to retire myself and might check one out.
(BTW: I saw Hugh Masekela at the Lighthouse in the late 60's)

Nice. A lot of good recordings made at the lighthouse.

Congratulations! If you ever need to charge near Santa Cruz (Scotts Valley!) , 50A Jplug on a long cord in my driveway is welcome to you. I got my wife a $6500 2013 LEAF with 2015 lizard lack warranty swap recently done, and 6kW onboard charger and CHAdeMO port that was a 3year lease return car. Lo...

This is a 2017 in my color, so it has the nice in-dash Nav instead of the factory-mount TomTom. The video starts slow but the guy makes some good points - for him his lease is almost free.

The years, they blow by fast !!! 8) Yeah! true! Happy E-S birthday Oatnet! Thanks Doc! Wow, all the 10+ year OG's are turning out. That reminds me - Happy belated 10-year to Doc, Ypedal, and Fechter! :D It was kind of funny. I haven't been around much in the past year, but came here to post about t...

Hi Fechter! Hi Ypedal! Yep, I don't miss lead acid at all. Or NiCD, or Nimh, or even those LifePO4 packs from 1997 - really crappy Chinese packs like Cheer Ocean, and Ypedal was it Falcon something or other we got early LIMn and LIFePO4 packs from? Yeah I don't miss my tidalforce bikes that were wei...

This is with 0 field weakening... I had tried 750 phase amps and I can't get the slicks to hook up at 750 phase amps no matter how many burnouts I do. At the track it will be much more sticky so I will hope to turn it up more. I also auto completed the current menu and forgot the field weakening at...

So, this is the completion of Phase II, a major milestone for me :mrgreen: , and I feel released from the cloud of work that has been over my head. 8) The zilla is installed, the substandard POT throttle is no longer blocking the passenger seat, and I've sorted out the shifter, driveline, and suspe...

Thanks 2old! Yeah, it seems like it was just last week that I bunji-tied an improbable amount of lead acid to the flimsy rear rack on a Huffy bike; that first bike only lasted a ride or two, but sparked an EV addiction that has spanned that decade.

Thanks Osbold, Imgave it away a few years ago.

-JD

I am looking forward to someone else telling you that your Curtis controller is too weak to drive a 9" brushed motor, and that a $75 power supply will charge your pack in hours instead of days, so you can start enjoying what your build really has to offer. :mrgreen: Oatnet, you were right again. Th...

Thanks Slowco!

Nothing has broken yet, had it to a few local car shows.

-JD