Seth:
If I had this opportunity (access to all the manuals) I woud scan
the whole lot and put it on some CDs and pass them on to several EVers
to keep the infrmation available for future reference/research. I will
bet that "those manuals would vanish soon and none knows what happened
to them". I would not mind some donations to cover the expenses either.
Regards
Harsha Godavari
Seth Murray wrote:
>
> 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
>
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