Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-15 Thread Daniel Eyk via EV
 Daniel Eyk Vancouver, Wa. Electric S-10 project E-15 project E8M On Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:42 PM, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: On Thu Jan 14 21:31:03 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >You will need power similar to the 650 hp of the stock Corvette.  The Tesla

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-14 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Thu Jan 14 21:31:03 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >You will need power similar to the 650 hp of the stock Corvette. The Tesla >P85D has over 700 hp for 4600 pounds, so in the ball park. That 650 hp is >about 485 kW. With a battery voltage of 400V, you need 1200 amps from your

Re: [EVDL] Leaf donor car? Books on converting a car to ev?

2016-01-14 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Thu Jan 14 04:34:47 PST 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >You left out the fact that series motors get too hot when operated at highway >speed for extended periods of time. With the advance in battery technology >this is causing some people issues. Which is one of the reasons I went with dual 9"