[EVDL] Electron Automotive - Any experiences?

2016-09-08 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
I have a friend that bought a Chevy Volt with front end damage. He replace the charger and charger connector and fixed the front end damage. The Chevy dealer says its throwing codes and 'no one will touch it'. Any recommendations? Any opinions about Electron Automotive? We are in LA Thanks,

Re: [EVDL] BMS/ leaf 60ah vs calb 60ah cells

2015-06-29 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
How soon do you need it? We have been testing our BMS with leaf cells for 6 months and will be making it available soon. We have to finish our commitments to all of the people that signed up during our Beta program. White paper https://goo.gl/knJmun Michael 'T-Rex' Kadie Simple Solutions Inc

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV4the masses

2015-05-18 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
The correlation between weight and efficiency is true below 45 mph in general. Above 45 mph aerodynamics starts being more important than weight. This is why the the heavy first generation Toyota prius has good highway MPG. In general the stop and go nature of travel below 45 mph overwhelms t

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
Generally speaking hub motors without shafts have a high unsprung weight and therefore have a rougher ride and a lot of stress on the motor. 24 kwh = 186 miles is more what I have problems with. 4 miles / kwh is great efficiency better than Tesla. The article did mention a max speed of 47 mph

[EVDL] Who does Tesla call to ‎macgyveredsomething before announcemet Tesla plugs into new market with home battery system

2015-05-01 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
Who does ‪#Tesla‬ call when they need something ‎macgyvered‬ the day before a product launch? Me apparently, how cool is that‬? They called me at 11 am to put together some analog gauges to have live for their PowerWall‬ launch, I bought parts, built some hardware, programmed a processor, and l

Re: [EVDL] charging two parallel packs in series

2015-03-26 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
So I drew a really crude wiring diagram. http://goo.gl/kAj5wH Note that it is important the two packs are balanced within a few volts of each other after the series charging. Otherwise when you reconnect them in parallel they will arc across the connector and cross charge at a VERY HIGH AMPERAG

Re: [EVDL] EV's and the Big Bang Theory

2014-12-09 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
T-Rex (me) a real person with Sheldonesque qualities meets Sheldon to discuss Einstein Bose condensate as a method of interstellar communication and ends up working on aerodynamics of 2SSIC (electric drag and daily driver) on the Caltech super computers... -Original Message- From: Rob

Re: [EVDL] Open source software to control donor ICE's CPUs

2014-10-05 Thread Michael Kadie via EV
So in general there is a huge liability issue from the OEM having to do with air bag time, fly-by-wire pedals etc. That said here is a project I saw at the Detroit Electric and Hybrid vehicle show http://www.pi-innovo.com/products/openecu When I talked with them they mentioned that they felt the