Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread zvwbus via EV
Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list wrote > Curious, did they raise the floor to fit the battery box? You could > probably get a 40kWh lion pack in there, if it goes all the way through > :) > > Peri The floor is the normal location for a VW bus. There is massive storage space for

[EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
OK, this topic has induced me to resubscribe to the EVDL, it's probably been 20 years since I was officially signed up. I've occasionally passed replies through several members (thanks Lee, thanks David), but maybe it's time to get out in the open. What you have there is similar to the

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread zvwbus via EV
Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list wrote > OK, this topic has induced me to resubscribe to the EVDL, it's > probably been 20 years since I was officially signed up. I've > occasionally passed replies through several members (thanks Lee, > thanks David), but maybe it's time to get out

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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
Glad you found it informative. These motors are frequently called "forklift motors", probably because, well, they were used in forklifts... Your Siemens controller is likely a "forklift controller", assuming that the conversion company didn't design one from scratch and have Siemens construct

Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread zvwbus via EV
A friend of mine in Belgium got one of these buses, and he had his local forklift repair shop put it back on the road. He mentioned that it handled like a forklift. Probably has to do with the ton of batteries. This is not exactly a conversion. The bus has been electric since new, and was

Re: [EVDL] shunt versus sepex motors

2019-05-25 Thread fred via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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2019-05-25 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EPRI TVA VW electric bus

2019-05-25 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
It's going to be very interesting to hear your report about this van when you get it running. I can't imagine how they made it even close to streetable with no gear changes and reverse being changing the rotation of that motor! You can get away with that kind of stuff with a series motor.