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

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV 4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 17 May 2015 at 19:22, Mike Nickerson via EV wrote: > Personally, my skepticism revolves around the hub motors (pun intended). Lots > of people have tried them, and few or none have succeeded. I'm sure I've missed some of the attempts, but this is one I recall that came close to success (thou

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV 4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread Mike Nickerson via EV
Personally, my skepticism revolves around the hub motors (pun intended). Lots of people have tried them, and few or none have succeeded. If the motor was something else, I think their chance of success would be higher. However, a year is a very aggressive target. To me, the project seems simi

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV 4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread Ben Goren via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV 4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread Alan Arrison via EV
Good luck with that... On 5/17/2015 3:00 AM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: http://www.hybridcars.com/open-source-project-hopes-to-offer-23000-ev-with-186-miles-range/ Open Source Project Hopes To Offer $23,000 EV With 186 Miles Range by Sarah Shelton May 14, 2015 _

Re: [EVDL] Inexpensive retiree-friendly EV?

2015-05-17 Thread Ben Goren via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Supercharging is not the way.

2015-05-17 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Roland via EV wrote: Did any of you monitor the voltage of the most negative cell and the most positive cell during the charging cycle and discharge cycle using a very high charging system?... Did not have any BMS back in the 70's at the time. During the discharging cycle which may be up to 800

Re: [EVDL] Wiring sizing

2015-05-17 Thread Michael Ross via EV
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[EVDL] Flying-saucer & floating-orb e-drones, & new e-aircraft unveiled

2015-05-17 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3078430/Drones-future-unveiled-Flying-saucer-floating-orb-new-aircraft-soon-skies.html Drones of the future unveiled: Flying saucer and floating orb among new aircraft that could soon take to our skies By Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline | 12 May

[EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range EV 4the masses

2015-05-17 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.hybridcars.com/open-source-project-hopes-to-offer-23000-ev-with-186-miles-range/ Open Source Project Hopes To Offer $23,000 EV With 186 Miles Range by Sarah Shelton May 14, 2015 [images http://www.hybridcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Luka-EV.jpg http://www.hybridcars.com/wp-co

[EVDL] EVLN: Manowitz Builds a clutchless Electric Roadster in Manhattan, NY

2015-05-17 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2015-05-13/Features/Manhattan_Man_Builds_Electric_Car.html Manhattan Man Builds Electric Car 2015-05-13 [images http://www.qgazette.com/sites/www.qgazette.com/files/images/2015-05-13/30p1.jpg There are two electric cars (so far) to this story: a 2013 72v DC Elect

[EVDL] EVLN: Airbus E-Fan 2.0 Electric-aircraft production in 2018

2015-05-17 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.greentechlead.com/electric-vehicle/airbus-to-commercially-produce-e-fan-2-0-in-france-23485 Airbus to commercially produce E-Fan 2.0 in France By Ajith Kumar S May 10, 2015 [image http://www.greentechlead.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/E-Fan_2.0.jpg (Airbus E-Fan 2.0 electric aircr