Hi Brad, Specific SEVA members you should contact include Rich Rudman at Manzanita Micro, and Dave Cloud at Cloud Electric (although I understand Dave may have recently moved, we both use to live in Woodinville). Best Regards, Jim Waite
Sent from Jim's Intergalactic Comm Device > > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:51:08 -0800 > From: bRad Gibson via EV <[email protected]> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: [EVDL] Looking for help learning to build EV motor > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Hey, everyone, > > I am located in the Seattle, WA area (Woodinville, actually), and am > interested in learning to build and control my own switched reluctance > electric motor. The long-term goal of the project will be to build an > EV from scratch (not a conversion), but since I do not have a hardware > background yet, I'm looking for someone willing to at least help me take > all my "unknown unknowns" to "known unknowns" ;). From there, if need > be, I can tackle transforming those known unknowns into knowns on my own. > > Initially, I'd like to build a tabletop motor so that I can practice > software control specifically of starting the motor, controlling regen > during deceleration and acoustics, and controlling speed. > > If you know anyone able and willing to help, I would appreciate an > introduction. > > --OR-- > > I've noticed Elon Musk has established a bit of a pattern of finding > innovators whose ideas didn't fit the established system--Eberhard, > Tarpenning, AC Propuslion for Tesla, Mueller for SpaceX. > > If you know of someone building versatile, high-performance motors in > his/her garage who might be willing to discuss a possible EV venture > with someone with an entrepreneurial and software background (me), I > would also appreciate an introduction. > > You can find more about my background here: > https://www.linkedin.com/in/gibsonbrad > > -- > > If you have someone in mind, or if you have thoughts or questions, > please feel free to reach me directly at [email protected]. > > Thank you! > > All the best, > -Brad Gibson >> >> _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
