Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
Is there any reason you couldn't build a simple series-parallel stepped contactor controller? A 3-step is easy; you divide the battery in two and connect the halves either in series or parallel. A series resistor provides a "creeper" speed for starting out. Some commercial EVs

Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Bill Dube via EV
coach you through the process of making a PCB. Bill D. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160302/b6e99521/attachment.htm> ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://ww

Re: [EVDL] Leaf on a peg board.

2016-03-02 Thread Stephen via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Gary Neal via EV wrote: I'm advising a group competing in the Shell Ecomarathon competition (http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/shell-ecomarathon/americas.html) We previously powered our vehicle with a 36V, brushless DC hub motor designed for bicycles. The problem is Shell requires a

Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
The EV Global has a unique frame design: http://www.evalbum.com/type/EVGL The seat post is held by a clamp where the rear fork and the top tube come together, there is not really a vertical tube in front of the rear wheel... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383

Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 03/02/2016 05:14 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: Gary, I have a spare unused complete rear wheel with brushed hub motor from EV Global, which was a Lee Iacocca design from 1998 or thereabouts. This is the first version of their e-Bikes so it was used in a 24V bike, later bikes use 36V but

Re: [EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
uggestions of commercial motors that might fit that need? If not, we'll be switching to a brushed motor and a chain/sprocket drive. Thanks, Gary -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160

[EVDL] Brushed bicycle hub motor?

2016-03-02 Thread Gary Neal via EV
ial motors that might fit that need? If not, we'll be switching to a brushed motor and a chain/sprocket drive. Thanks, Gary -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160302/42c7c7e4/a

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Batteries are King (A Gigafactory Challenge)

2016-03-02 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Batteries are King (A Gigafactory Challenge)

2016-03-02 Thread Michael Ross via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Batteries are King (A Gigafactory Challenge)

2016-03-02 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Another approach is where you own the equipment but don't pay upfront. We already know that type, it is called a car loan. It avoids the abuse but does not take away the questions about reliability and future investments in replacement packs, even though I have seen "insurance" variants that will

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Batteries are King (A Gigafactory Challenge)

2016-03-02 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: I know it's been looked at in more recent years, but the actual reasons for no one implementing such a scheme has, to me, been lost in the noise. Actually, battery leasing is very common for commercial and industrial EVs (fork lifts, golf carts, etc.) Fleet

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Proposed Tesla e-motorcycle concept by designer Serrano

2016-03-02 Thread Chris Tromley via EV
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[EVDL] EVLN: AUD32k e-Tuk-tuks take tourists on a loop of the Land of Oz

2016-03-02 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/77235562/tuktuks-taking-to-the-streets-of-wellington Tuk-tuks taking to the streets of Wellington video February 25 2016 SIOBHAN DOWNES [video flash / ROBERT KITCHIN/FAIRFAX NZ Jeremy Marr and his brother Glen Varcoe have started a new business

[EVDL] EVLN: Unbalanced Bolt EV sales-demographics in Canada

2016-03-02 Thread brucedp5 via EV
'Ontario.ca is now Canada’s California' % Depending on curency exchange rates when the GM Bolt EV goes on sale, it may end up cheaper for U.S. Amercians to buy it in Canada, or Canadians to buy it in the U.S. %

[EVDL] EVLN: California Will Spend $9M on West Coast Electric Highway

2016-03-02 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://gas2.org/2016/02/26/california-will-spend-9-million-to-complete-west-coast-electric-highway/ California Will Spend $9 Million To Complete West Coast Electric Highway February 26th, 2016 Steve Hanley [image http://gas2.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/West-Coast-Electric-Highway.jpg

[EVDL] EVLN: Proposed Tesla e-motorcycle concept by designer Serrano

2016-03-02 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://paultan.org/2016/02/25/proposed-tesla-e-bike-design-concept-by-serrano/ Proposed Tesla e-Bike design concept by Serrano 25 February 2016 Mohan K Ramanujam [image http://s2.paultan.org/image/2016/02/Tesla-e-Bike-concept-motorcycle-2.jpg concept e-motorcycle ] Italian designer Antonio

[EVDL] Your phone will be your EV's key

2016-03-02 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.wisn.com/money/your-phone-could-soon-be-your-car-key/38131156 Your phone could soon be your car key Feb 23, 2016 [image / CNN http://www.wisn.com/image/view/-/38143286/medRes/2/-/maxh/460/maxw/620/-/l7r78oz/-/Volvo-smartphone-car-starter.jpg ] Volvo looks at smartphone app to