-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Has anybody mentioned the Echo Drive (by Echo Automotive) yet?
It sounds like it is a VERY close fit to what the original poster was looking for. Basically the Echo Drive is a motor that bolts onto the end of the transmission and connects to (a shortened?) drive shaft. It has a 9 kWh battery box that mounts (under a light truck/van) in the position of where the spare tire would normally go. The idea is a "bolt on" solution to make a truck or delivery van into a plug in hybrid to save lots of gas. I believe it plugs into the CAN bus to detect engine data and adds thrust when needed (and can re-gen if the batteries are getting low), but they mentioned that they have a stalk that adds to the steering column to allow the driver to control extra re-gen for braking, so perhaps it doesn't require CAN bus support. The battery box supports 120v and 240 volt charging. http://www.echoautomotive.com/ http://www.echoautomotive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8#whatisechodrive I believe they are currently in the "prototyping" and "testing" stages (not shipping actual products) and working with some research labs and firms to get some data from actual fleet vehicles, but they may be interested in building one into a Mustang for promotional purposes, especially if you offered to pay them for it. Jay -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlPdlAAACgkQSWJjSgPNbM9CygCgjvU+n8k0p+ARo/5IxKJHLOvQ GGQAnRLFBcYpilmoQ6ZcT4Z6wkezzJo4 =xKkN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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)
