Re: [EVDL] All composite 63 Vette EV body out of the mold.

[Thomas Brannan via EV]

Jerry- Would love to see some pictures as your build progresses!
Thanks,
Tom

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 7:27 AM, jerry freedomev via EV 
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>Hi All,
>   Things are moving along in my 63 Vette
> looking EV project.   The body, hood, doors were pulled out of the molds
> Friday so now the fun begins!! ;^)
>   It still has some touchup, fitting the doors
> but should have it home Friday.   The shop with the mold which normally
> make drag racer bodies, USBody,  were amazed how strong it was with my
> layup inside to make it structural as going to be a unibody/monocoque with
> a composite chassis bonded into a single piece.
> It is the male mold for my actual production
> one which I'll modify some to make more aero, easier, stronger to build  at
> less weight and make the production simplified molds  from it.The mold
> it came out of has 10 parts vs mine will be 3 parts.  ;^)
> Now in the process of taking a 90 C4  Vette
> apart for suspension, steering, A/C, etc which I'm selling the other parts
> to pay for it and take the motor out which being fairly handicapped now, I
> just can't do anymore.  So I sold the transmission for $100 but to get it
> they have to take the motor, A/C,
>  etc out.
>   Once that is done Saturday I hope, I can handle
> the rest by working until I hurt too much, rest, repeat at my home shop.
>Once the suspension is off I can design, build
> the composite chassis and mate it all together fairly quickly.
> Right now using 2  6.7"motors because I own
> them, I'm on SSI so lowest cost is a big factor,  but hopefully I can get
> an A/C EV motor/controller that is hacked I can use.   But must be a shaft
> output I can put on a diff .  Might have to change rear suspension so I can
> adapt a Tesla to it now they have been hacked.   And hard to beat in power,
> cost as more crash.
>  It should end up weighing 1800lbs or so with
> 2 Volt packs worth 600kw if I can use it which should get me 150, maybe
> -200 mile range as I drive it.
>  As now legal to build 325 25 yr old or more
> looking cars/yr/model and 5k/yr /company with minimal/Hot rod regulations,
> my goal is producing production lines of multiple models including El
> Camino, a Van, A Brubaker Box style gull wing tiny van, 68 Mustang
> fastback, etc.
>  All done the same tech in  EVs drives to get
> EVs being produced locally since big auto certainly isn't going to fast
> enough as they have shown.
> Jerry Dycus
>
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Re: [EVDL] Ccs to Chademo fast charger adapter needed

[Thomas Brannan via EV]

http://www.mychevysparkev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3586

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Mark Hanson via EV 
wrote:

> Hi
> Does anyone make a Ccs to Chademo fast charger adapter for the Chevy Bolt
> etc?  A friend just bought a Bolt and wants to universally charge on long
> trips.
> Have a renewable energy day
> Mark in Roanoke va
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Re: [EVDL] Harbor Freight tools (was: J1772. Solder or crimp?)

[Thomas Brannan via EV]

Care to share the model number of the "good" TIG welder??
Tom

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Jan Steinman via EV 
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> > From: Alan Brinkman via EV 
> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List 
> >
> > I purchased a Harbor Freight flux core wire welder several years back...
> I now have a larger welder mig/tig? with plasma cutting ability that I have
> not set up yet because the Harbor Freight starter welder won't die.
>
> HF has both crap and some quite nice stuff. You have to know what you’re
> shopping for.
>
> Their welding stuff seems to be good, much of it from Italy, rather than
> China.
>
> I have their inverter TIG welder that is amazing; my only gripe was lack
> of a foot pedal, so I wired in one! Unlike so many things these days, they
> actually supplied a schematic, and I could plainly see that the “volume
> control” was a common 5k pot, which is just what the Lincoln-style foot
> pedals use.
>
> With TIG, you want to start very hot, then back off to your normal welding
> current. I can’t for the life of me figure out how they expected you to do
> that with a panel-mounted pot while both your hands were busy…
>
> Jan
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Re: [EVDL] Tesla's (cuckoo) EVSE grants ...

[Thomas Brannan via EV]

Sounds like a great opportunity for an entrepreneur - that HPWC coupler to
j1772 adaptor. Kickstarter or indiegogo?
Tom

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:13 PM, brucedp5 via EV  wrote:

>
>
> With all the coming election noise, and the possiblity of no more EVSE
> grants ringing in my ears, on a search I could not find a renewal of the
> U.S. Fed grant to cover some of the cost of installing public EVSE as
> before.
>
> But I found a self-promo news item touting a business' new EVSE. I noticed
> their EVSE were two (proprietary) Tesla HPWC EVSE, that no other plugin but
> a Tesla EV can use.
>
> I sent a message off to the business' contact (a NJ mall), letting them
> know
> that non-Tesla drivers are going to feel rebuffed, thus they could lose
> plugin driver business.
>
> They kindly replied letting me know their HPWC EVSE was part of a Tesla
> Destination Charging grant (Tesla paid for it). See
> http://www.teslarati.com/becoming-tesla-destination-charging-participant/
> Becoming a Tesla Destination Charging Participant
> Feb 25, 2016
> [link
> https://teslafactory.wufoo.com/forms/q7b8imo1g0og2v/
> contact Tesla’s Destination Charging program
> ]
>
> BTW there is no HPWC to j1772 adaptors drivers can buy, so when HPWC are
> installed, j1772 L2 drivers are shut-out. While I am not against Tesla,
> helping to install 'Tesla-only' (proprietary) EVSE is the same problem
> drivers had back in the late 1990's-on.
>
> GM would almost give away their inductive (proprietary, wireless) lpi,spi
> EVSE, which would displace either one or both of the public EVSE being
> installed at a host site, paid for with CA DMV fees (many EVSE sites had
> two
> spi and no conductive avcon EVSE). This cuckoo approach to public EVSE
> domination ...
>
> [link
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo
> Cuckoo ... Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests
> of other species, ... raise their ... young
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_parasite
> ]
>
>  is bad for the EV-cause, unless a HPWC coupler to j1772 adaptor is made
> available for plugin drivers to buy. Since HPWC EVSE are non-networked,
> buying an adaptor would be paid off with the free L2 charging.
>
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Re: [EVDL] Cmax solar concept.

[Thomas Brannan via EV]

But my driveway is aligned north-south and covered with trees! Oh well,
guess I'll have to pass. But does look interesting for many sites. Thanks
for sharing.


On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV 
wrote:

> SOLAR Powered Passenger Car - Ford CMAX Solar Energi Hybrid Concept
>
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> Pretty slick idea using Fresnel lens to concentrate the solar energy and
> moving the vehicle to stay in the sweet spot.  Lawrence Rhodes
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