Controllers are easy. Just pair a dirt cheap Prius inverter with an open source ECU.
openinverter.org On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 22:46, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Speaking of a goldmine of used EV cars, consider the 400 THINKS that were > imported to the USA in the 2012 time frame. > > They have AC motors, but once the controller goes, its hard to find a > working controller. > > I keep hoping that an energetic EVDL hacker will figure out how to hook up > an off the shelf AC motor controller to the motor and just abandon the > original.. > > I have two of these, and a guy in the same neighborhood has 4. The main > places to find them are the mid-atlantic states, Indianna and a large > pocket of them in Oregon (where the only knowledgible tech lives). > > They go for about $500 to $1500. though built in Europe, they use mostly > FORD parts > Their original range was about 100 miles. Use lithium cells. > You can see mine at the top of th is page: http://aprs.org/my-EVs/html > > bob > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200822/e89fe9ea/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -- Paul Compton www.morini-mania.co.uk www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
