Re: [EVDL] Repairing 500e with Fiat pulling out

The Fiat 500e is soon to be launched in Europe so I doubt that support or parts will dry up. This is the car that the boss of Fiat is quoted as saying was a compliance car only and he didn't want to build it. As EV's are becoming THE car to own in Europe, I wonder if he is eating his words

Re: [EVDL] LiFePO4 Thermal Imaging Opinions?

So good to read that you found it was caused by being simply forgetful. I go over all the terminals two or three times as it is so easy to miss one in a couple of hundred. Previous posts mentioned using Noalox paste. I used to use it as advised on various forums but have been burning out the

Re: [EVDL] sierraclub.org will hold fed's illegal Attack on Clean Air Act accountable

I had to reply to this!Am I to understand that air scrubbers situated along highways will reduce pollution from vehicles? :-D That must be a joke. You would reduce more pollution by sealing the disk brakes inside a container to catch brake dust which is heavily emitted from ICE's!EV's are

Re: [EVDL] 3whl diy EV.uk> plastic-shelled, balsa-wood, duct-tape -signed

I have had the pleasure of meeting Cedric a few times whilst at BVS meets. Such an incredibly clever guy to design those pancake style motors in his parents backyard. I use them on my ride on mower conversions and find them unburstable despite trying very hard.The design replaces vertical shaft

Re: [EVDL] Most efficient drive system for a bicycle/tricycle.

I can vouch for the Lynch motor as I use one on my ride on mower.Using three 90Ah 12v Pb cells it easily cuts for 20 minutes or more at time. A brilliantly simple but powerful design and I have even met the guy who designed it. From: Lee Hart via EV To: Lawrence

Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety...

Yep (from the UK) Russ From: Matthew Quitter via EV To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2017, 15:29 Subject: [EVDL] Electrical Safety... Firstly, does anyone get this? Tried replying to a couple of conversations and

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20161206

> General Motors Co. stands to lose as much as $9,000 on every Chevrolet Bolt > that leaves a showroom once the all-electric subcompact starts rolling out ... Probably includes the loss of benefit in kind (kickbacks in the US) that GM receives from the oil companies. ;-D From: EVDL

Re: [EVDL] PG's EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players ...

Surely no-one would wish a Rapid to operate at 240v 1 ph? Large currents will require a larger transformer. All European Rapids will I am sure be operating with 3 phase power. Supply cables and volt drop is dramatically smaller. There will be inevitable extra losses when a 240v single phase

Re: [EVDL] 12v tales

I picked up an unused but obsolete Brusa DC-DC power supply some years ago from Ebay. The manual from Brusa recommended that as its parasitic current was so low, you could dispense with a 12v battery and leave it online 24/7. I have never seen this option since on any DC-DC converter or on any

Re: [EVDL] Ground Faults

I have also noticed this on my CALB powered EV. It was traced to just one cell by measuring the voltage between the chassis and the cells.The leaking volts swung negative on one side and positive on the other and when the reading was zero, I had found the faulty one. It was about half way down

Re: [EVDL] "CE" mark is no guarantee of safety> needs EU or other approval

Regarding the CE mark, China has copied it and if the C and E are very close to each other, the product is not marked as complying with the European legislation but it is simply a Chinese scam. (Chinese Engineered?) The European CE mark has the C and E much further apart with a specified gap.

Re: [EVDL] Time for ‘The Return of the EV’, the power of dark oily forces

I agree with all the below points but you missed a major one.How nice it is to get into a warm car on these cold frosty mornings. I am having an enforced month or so in an ICE after my Volt/Ampera's rear quarter was bent by a speeding driver.It is like going back in time! From:

Re: [EVDL] Any recent surveys or focus groups of EV owners?

You can find quite a few of us on https://speakev.com/ From: Gerald Fittipaldi via EV To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 1:12 Subject: [EVDL] Any recent surveys or focus groups of EV owners? I'm curious to know if there

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: IMPD blames all plugins DPW reneged on chking home L1 outlets 1st

So the Fraternal Order of Police spokesman calls it a mess? Now I am shocked. They are so hooked on oil like a drug and stuck in the 20th century. I am always surprised that in the US their low power 120v domestic supply is even considered for charging EV's. In the UK and possibly Europe, the

Re: [EVDL] article: Tomorrow an electric plane will fly the English Channel for the first time

Airbus electric plane beaten to cross-Channel record by French pilot in two-seater |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Airbus electric plane beaten to cross-Channel record by ...A French pilot in a tiny plane has beaten aviation giant Airbus in a contest to fly an electric plane over the

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: “Is this thing on?” Mastering the art of driving an EV

This model has a regenerative breaking system, meaning if you break gradually you recharge the battery. Smith said drivers can return from a short drive with more kilometres than they started with because they regenerate power from smart breaking. Forgetting breaking for a moment, have Ford

Re: [EVDL] Design News: Why Aren't Electrical Cars Sales Better? It's the battery.

Then again you could purchase a second hand Volt/Ampera and drive electric for 95% of the time with a four cylinder ICE for longer journeys.Very cost effective now they are being released from business leases and I haven't fuelled mine for over two months. From: Peri Hartman via EV

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

The electronics only register cell electricity usage in the kWh field and gas use in the other field.I agree though that any use of gas when measuring range could be slightly incorrect as the Volt/Ampera REX is a generator only and starts and stops regularly if driving slowly to ensure that it

Re: [EVDL] Fw: Supercharging is not the way.

to win an argument? LOL! I post an article speaking of all the confusion on how the volt works and citing a GM engineer to clear the mud. So you come back with auto news that contradicts the GM engineer. Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Russ Sciville via EV ev@lists.evdl.org

[EVDL] Fw: Supercharging is not the way.

Wow, you do like to win an argument Paul. :-) Where do they disagree with me? Plenty of us cover 50 miles in good weather and even hypermile to 60 although I haven't. What I will say is that the power module is a complicated bugger but works. It normally runs on the main motor, then combines

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

Hi Paul, I never wished this to start an argument as we are all I hope avid EVers. My post was simply to show that a well designed drive train is capable of high mileages even when tugging around a heavy body and I totally agree with other posts that removing weight and lowering the CD will

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

-- From: Russ Sciville via EV ev@lists.evdl.org To: Paul Dove dov...@bellsouth.net; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: 13-May-15 9:05:34 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way. Volt/Ampera's regularly do more than

Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

Volt/Ampera's regularly do more than 50 miles on their 10.4kWh battery packs and that includes dragging round a backup four cylinder engine in a steel chassis. From: Paul Dove via EV ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2015,

Re: [EVDL] Can Automakers Legally Stop You From Working On Your Car?

Its not too bad in the UK at the moment. The electric part is largely ignored as long as the car passes a four hour inspection for a ground up new build or you may just get away with the electric drive being considered as a replacement engine on an existing glider as I did on my Elise and they

Re: [EVDL] Charging-EVr PD-assaulted pushed, handcuffed, punched, pepper-sprayed +

Wow, Not wishing to compare policing between the UK and the US but we have less coppers on a drugs raid! So many officers and cars for one guy! Odd as well that you cannot charge after 11pm. What's that all about? On Mon, 27/4/15, Lawrence

Re: [EVDL] AC motors for mowers

I use a Lynch designed flat DC motor which is available from agnimotors.com. Originally purchased from Ebay as an ex Robot Wars fighting machine motor, it runs on 36v and I use ex equipment 95Ah lead acid batteries which last at least two seasons at a time. My Stiga twin blade mulching mower

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: ElectraGirl: Electric e-NV200 Van Fun

A really good initial road test report and I hope they sell plenty of them. The price of £17,000 on the road complete with battery must make them cost effective and a must for local delivery fleets. Commonality with the Leaf is the way to go. No wonder the Ford Connect EV went belly up as they

Re: [EVDL] Toyota FCV runs on Musk's bull$$it

I always ask myself the same question, why is hydrogen still being touted as the next fuel? Who would wish to drive around with a hydrogen tank in the back pressurised to 10,000 psi? We have all seen the photo's of Tesla's batteries burning after an accident but at least the car has time to

Re: [EVDL] Con-EV: Shell fights-back with Murray's T.25 ice-city-car (dumb and dumber)

Couldn't agree more. I saw these cars on an RAC sponsored EV event Future Car Challenge a few years ago and I believe Gordon Murray is living on his past achievements as he received large grants to develop these cars and all who saw them said the same thing. Who would buy one!. We already

Re: [EVDL] The Tesla Factor: Elon Musk Will Force Auto Industry To Roll Out Self-Driving Cars Sooner Than You Think - Forbes

Well said Martin, The i8 is a sheep in wolves clothing. It is a very advanced body with a backward step regarding its drive. How can such a light car use more fuel then my Ampera when in ICE mode! Now a fully electric i8 would be of serious interest.

Re: [EVDL] 120240v (kit/assembled) battery charger? (Open source?)

If you want reliable cheap chargers you are best to go for one of the Elcon/Tiechen chargers. I have had one in my Elise for years and they are generally faultless. Don't look inside though as they are not built to Brusa standards. On Fri, 30/1/15, Jay

Re: [EVDL] 120-240Vac Watt-Hour-Meter...

Hi Marco, Here in the UK we can purchase used kWh meters that were used for metering domestic supplies, for only £5 or less on Ebay. I have used them for years and they are very accurate. Are they available in your neck of the woods. Russ On Tue,

Re: [EVDL] Lithium Batteries and Cold Weather

Hi Dennis, I have used my Elise EV with 50Ah cells through some pretty cold winters (-15C) here in the UK with few if any problems. You do get a larger voltage sag when accelerating but then you don't need to as much when its icy. Range may be reduced but then it is anyway with all the

Re: [EVDL] Fwd: Need Lithium batteries.

Scammer?? Not Anglo Saxon to my knowledge so what does it mean? I don't think Martin is asking for the supplier's address but more likely the general source. If its a business secret then so be it but as a potential purchaser which I understand he is, its not too much to confirm that the cells

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

Have you tried Jack at EVTV? On Fri, 10/10/14, jerry freedomev via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Subject: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries. To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Friday, 10 October, 2014, 3:13   Hi All,        

Re: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries.

Have you tried Jack at EVTV? On Fri, 10/10/14, jerry freedomev via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Subject: [EVDL] Need Lithium batteries. To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Friday, 10 October, 2014, 3:13   Hi All,        

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Screwdriver/pencil/hair-comb unlocks Leaf j1772 steal a charge

The Ampera/Volt has the charge plug integrated into the alarm as I have found to my surprise. Its very odd that Nissan do not do this as it must be an easy improvement. On Fri, 3/10/14, brucedp5 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Subject: [EVDL] EVLN:

Re: [EVDL] EValert: !Don't buy a salvaged Tesla EV to repair drive! (video)

I can understand why Tesla are a bit twitchy about people re-building accident damaged cars as the main cell pack under the floor could be damaged. Imagine the headlines if the car caught fire with young kids in it. Any car which has suffered an accident will have some deceleration damage to

Re: [EVDL] EValert: !Don't buy a salvaged Tesla EV to repair drive! (video)

For all we know the car probably de-activated itself safely so that rescue teams don't get electrocuted. Tesla for sure wouldn't just put an on/off switch there so you could switch it back on now would they? Most cars can do this using inertia switches which can be re-set. Tesla probably

Re: [EVDL] Boston-Power Launches Ensemble Module System == battery pack kits

Its a pity these cells are Lithium Cobalt and not the more friendlier chemistries. The spec states a charge temp from -20C! I didn't think Lithium cells like to charge below 0C. On Mon, 29/9/14, nicklogan via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Subject:

Re: [EVDL] Lithium batteries direct from China

Hi Matthew, I have purchased direct from CALB in China which went very well but slightly scary as it is payment up front. You need to find an importer to ship inland from the docks or pick the consignment up yourself. Have you tried looking at prices from European suppliers? I have purchased

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: £75k York.uk 1st converted double-decker sightseeing ebus (video)

Mark, For goodness sake you forgot to include that us Brits (including Scots thank goodness) still drink pints of wonderfully warm hand pumped real ale. Sorry all, still off topic. Russ :-) On Sun, 21/9/14, Martin WINLOW via EV ev@lists.evdl.org

Re: [EVDL] Under Body Pan

My Lotus Elise EV has both air dam and under body pans from front to back so it is totally flat underneath. I guess if Lotus fit them then there must be a reason as Colin Chapman, the founder, was known for not adding anything unlessit increased lightness. :-) Russ

Re: [EVDL] DC2DC times 2

Hi Buddy, Why not run your heaters from the main pack voltage rather than changing the voltage twice. I use 2kW 220vac ceramic heater cores taken out of cheap fan heaters. They are about 4 square and supposedly very safe as the resistance rises with temperature so they never reach an unsafe