If all that is missing is the batteries there are several options. Panasonic High density at 300 a piece. The Nickel Zinc batteries. Olaf might even still have some 8v Delphi batteries that will fit. He is in your area. Good luck. Lawrence Rhodes..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EV List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: EV1 On Campus!!!
> Hi All - > > Here is the promised WPI EV1 update! There is in fact an EV1 here in > Worcester, Mass, which I had a good look at today. Apparently it was > donated to the school last year "For Research Purposes Only" with all > of the design books and drawings. There are entire books on the each > system in the vehicle - very interesting stuff. As for the vehicle, > the VRLA battery pack was removed and the cables cut. I was told that > the controller had been also been removed but it is very much still in > the car. Cosmetically, it is in perfect condition - there is not a > scratch on the plastic body or underbody, the tires are still all > shiny, and the inside is flawless as well. It doesn't look like it was > ever even driven. The 12 volt system is still installed and works. > This car is gorgeous! > > As far as I know, there are no major plans for the car yet. There are > 3 or 4 seniors this year who are going to be designing (but not > installing) a hybrid system for the EV1 (horrors!). They are going to > consider the usual hybrid fuels - hydrogen, gas, etc, although my first > impression is that they don't know much about this sort of thing - they > were looking through a catalog of cheap homeowner generators. The > comfort is that they won't be doing anything to the actual car anytime > soon, although who knows what will happen to it down the road? I am > going to do my best to keep the car as is until I figure out if there's > any way to get it going again as an EV. I sat in the car and had a > good look at it - what a beatiful piece of engineering! It is so > well-done. It's a crying shame to have such a fantastic car sitting in > a garage one block away from my dorm and not be able to do anything > with it. However, WPI is very open to students proposing and > carrying through on their own projects, so I am going to see what I can > do. There are a lot of motorsports guys here and I know that if I were > to start some EV club or something, as long as whatever we were doing > went fast I would have plenty of interest. The facilities and > available skills here are incredible - students built car engines and > formula racers and everything from scratch. This is going to be a lot > more fun than my garage at home! > > Apparently, the designer of the EV1's body is coming to speak here at > the school sometime in the near future, so I'm looking forward to that. > It will be very interesting to talk to him. Anyway, the long and > short of this message is that we do in fact have an EV1, and it is in > gorgeous condition. *At first glance* all it is missing is the > batteries. > > -Seth > > > -- > QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION > > http://members.fortunecity.com/electricityboy > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html >
