Forwarding a msg I received from a friend: === I hadn't happened on this report before, but as the Frito-Lay Smith trucks are set to be auctioned next week, this is a good read. Causes of Smith's demise include high failure rates on their motors, chargers, controllers and even the Valence U-27 Charge batteries had a fatal flaw- this report says many included counterfeit circuit boards that failed early!
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225696 58 smith trucks now on the block at Ritchie Bros... A local frito lay driver told me that the non-runners were heavily cannibalized https://www.rbauction.com/?keywords=Smith%20truck -- 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
