I agree Seth, we need to start an EV collection plate so you can copy this information. EVen better yet, we need to hire some thugs to steal this vehicle so we can reverse engineer it. EVen better yet, you and some other students can make a project out of this and get the vehicle running again. Keep up the good work and inform the group of your progress. Rod
harsha godavari wrote: > 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 >> >>-- >>QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION >> >>http://members.fortunecity.com/electricityboy >>http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html > > >
