There's one area in which I fail. If the NiZn pack has it's expected life, my car will require a new battery pack at 60,000 miles. He wants 100,000, which would require either NiCad or NaNiCl, either of which would push the budget up.
S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: Re: Conversion Concept Musings > It has been done - look at Sheer's car ( > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/338.html ), he's got almost exactly > what you are asking for at the same price. He has a good donor car - > as you said, something which seats 4, and I would say a car which can > seem accessible to most people (ie not a Porsche). One of Victor's > high voltage AC drives combined with a NiZn pack can provide us with > plenty of acceleration, top end, and range (as Sheer has demonstrated, > 100+ mph, 80+ mpc). One of Rich's PFC chargers will give us all our > charging needs. Not to idolize Sheer and his car TOO much =) but I > think he has done the "ultimate" conversion - he has almost exactly > what you are looking for, right down to the heater and AC. Nowhere > does he come up short (well, maybe acceleration??). If we pick a > slightly newer chassis this would be a nice production conversion. > Nice job Jon > > Seth > > > > > > On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 12:19 AM, Lee Hart wrote: > > > Mike Chancey wrote: > > > >> What kind of EV could be built to meet the following: > >> > >> - a total budget of $20,000, including the donor vehicle (used). > >> - Expected service life, 10 years, 100,000 miles > >> - Initial investment to cover all battery replacements required > >> during service life > >> - Able to carry 4 passengers. > >> - range of 80 to 100 miles at highway speeds > >> - 0-60 acceleration no more than 14 seconds fully loaded. > >> - Able to charge from both 120 and 220 volt sources > >> - Air conditioning and heating a must > >> - As much as possible, this should be a "plug and play" vehicle > > > > Whew! You don't ask for much, do you? This would be a tough > > specification to meet even if you included ordinary gasoline cars! :-) > > > > I would say that a custom-designed mass-produced EV could meet such a > > standard. However, there is no such thing. To meet it with a hand-made > > one-off EV would require something tricky. For example, buying some > > conversion EV cheap, fixing it, and letting most of the $20,000 pay for > > battery packs. > > -- > > Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring > > 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering > > Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything > > leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION > > My EV page, with lots of photos and a 25 page conversion journal. > Check it out! > http://members.fortunecity.com/electricityboy > > My EV Album page > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html >
