Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread Martin WINLOW
75 miles range for such a small and slippery car on 32kWh of LiFePO4 seems a bit on the low side. I'd like to see some more detail on that. Maybe the cells are on the way out? MW On 25 Nov 2013, at 00:58, Ben Jarrett wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know anything about this EV:

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread Mike Seningen
I'm Ben's friend, used to be on the list a few years back but never built my EV. It was to be a Porsche Boxster. I know Boxsters well having owned several rebuilding engines and almost all other components on car. Talked to builder Thormacev. Part timers who has aspirations of building a

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread mike seningen
I'm Ben's friend, used to be on the list a few years back but never built my EV. It was to be a Porsche Boxster. I know Boxsters well having owned several rebuilding engines and almost all other components on car. Talked to builder Thormacev. Part timers who had aspirations of building a

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread Steve Powers
I am in Atlanta and know the car. I have seen it many times at our EV Club meetings. Also, the conversion shop is the same company that built my car (I bought it used from someone who contracted them to build it). I can say for sure that they don't cut corners. That car is very fast; I've seen

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread Cor van de Water
3:14 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Subject: Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts I am in Atlanta and know the car. I have seen it many times at our EV Club meetings. Also, the conversion shop is the same company that built my car (I bought it used from someone who contracted them to build it). I can say

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-25 Thread Ben Apollonio
Ditto. My 914 can go 60mi on 80% of my 17kWh pack. Gorgeous car, though. If the batteries are actually healthy, it's a good find. You definitely couldn't build an equivalent conversion for that price, even if you had the donor already. -Ben On Nov 25, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Martin WINLOW wrote:

[EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Ben Jarrett
Hi All, Does anyone know anything about this EV: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/4149890149.html I have a friend who's somewhat interested in it. Any thoughts on the price? thanks, -ben -ben www.evalbum.com/4001 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Jay Summet
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The $20,000 cost looks very reasonable to me. (The battery pack, charger and BMS alone probably cost that.) They don't say what type of motor/controller it has, but since they mention regen it's probably an AC motor/controller. Plus it's already

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread David Nelson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Jay Summet j...@summet.com wrote: They don't say what type of motor/controller it has, but since they mention regen it's probably an AC motor/controller. Plus it's already put together for you. It is right in the list: * MES-DEA Induction motor, capable of

Re: [EVDL] boxter ev thoughts

2013-11-24 Thread Thos True
Hi Ben, While I am not familiar with this car, I do have a few thoughts. First, It seems to be made using quality components, with all the right extras (ie. J1772 adapter). Has a good story that seems credible with the speeds and range. Appears to be an exceptionally clean conversion job. These