Have they taken a look at my F-250 specs? I'm putting in about 60KWH of Leaf batteries, and hoping for 100 mi range.
On Sun Mar 09 17:55:19 PDT 2014 [email protected] said: >[ref >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-UofCanterbury-nz-conversion-of-4wd-farm-vehicle-to-electric-tp4668355.html >EVLN: UofCanterbury.nz conversion of 4wd farm vehicle to electric >] > >I sent an email to the project manager Dr. Paul Gaynor. His response is >below. The donor vehicle is a large heavy 4 wheel drive flat bed truck >http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-70-series >Until their project's web or facebook page is up we won't know if it is a >single, not a double cab model. > >Their 30kWh Li-ion pack is 125% of a Nissan Leaf EV's battery pack. >Using the Leaf EV's quoted recharge time of 8 to 10 hours @L2-3kW off a >240VAC 20Amp source, for overnight charging, their 31kWhr pack will require >a larger than 3kW charger and outlet/electrical source to achieve overnight >charging. > >More on this as I find out. > >{brucedp.150m.com} > >-------------------------------------------- >On Sun, 3/9/14, Paul Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote: >... Project page will be available shortly - we are holding off for now >until the high country station involved has completed a resource consent >application. > >Donor vehicle is a 2003 Toyota 70-series flat-deck Land Cruiser. > >Yes it is 4-wheel drive (will be using the standard vehicle transmission). > >Will keep specific drive-train details to ourselves just for now, but we >have been dealing with a US company for drive componentry. Aiming for a >nominal maximum "continuous" power of around 140kW (200 hp) - of course peak >power will be higher than this. > >Battery pack will be LiFePO4 chemistry, and around 30kWh. Regen braking >will be utilized, so range will be somewhat variable depending on terrain - >looking for the vehicle to last a full day under normal use (obviously not >in motion for the whole day). > >Intention is for overnight charging, but does not exclude day-time top-up if >near charging point. ... >- > >-- >View this message in context: >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-UofCanterbury-nz-conversion-of-4wd-farm-vehicle-to-electric-tp4668355p4668359.html >Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at >Nabble.com. -- Bobcats and Cougars, oh my! http://john.casadelgato.com/Pets _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
