Recent content by hal2000

thanks a lot, how do you know if you have a universal motor? It sounds like the easiest safest option would be to route the traction battery through the same combiner box and dc breakers as i would already have for my solar panels then it would route through my inverter and on to my ac panel...

Damien Maguire has posted a couple videos using the high power D.C.battery output from his converted bmw to run many of the loads in his house straight from dc power without running the power through an inverter. Damien says that many electronics accept a variety of voltages and use switching...

wankery. Noun. (uncountable) (UK, slang, vulgar) Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around) I don't think so, instead of working for three years and undoubtedly spending a sizeable part of his fortune on design, development and prototyping, Mr. Bolenger could have gone out and bought...

Interesting new hybrid motor design by Martin Doppelbauer who holds the chair for hybrid electric vehicles at the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in Germany...

thought you guys might like to see this looks like they have a functioning prototype, funding and 500 preorders. I just wonder about failure modes if say you hit a 2 inch dia. by 5 ft long floating piece of wood! http://candelaspeedboat.com/

Is this work by elis over in diy electric car similar to your brain board, if so could you compare and contrast the two. http://advantics.fr/umc-drive-3-0-universal-motor-controller/

So you have good evidence that what you were sold is not what you bought, what next, how will you handle it?

According to jack on evtv the chips on post 2014 investors are locked down with security so you can't re flash firmware, are you using older drive units or pulling and replacing the chips?

Thanks for posting that was amazing

Sasha Anis is dropping a tesla drive unit into a Lotus Evora Looks like it is going to be a very cool project. Is he using a lebowski controler? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2XEz9U4aE&t=637s

Darn didn't remember posting it twice i'll try and delete one or the other

it has been vary quiet on this thread and on Dales website with regards to progress on this prototype, hope dale is ok!

Thought you guys might find this long quest inspiring http://www.equatoraircraft.com/#_

Vary cool project nearing completion http://www.equatoraircraft.com/#_

I have a 2000 insight with a blown motor and have also considered converting it to full electric, but the fact that I can currently buy a used 2014 leaf for under 10k has made it difficult to justify the effort and expense.