Electric Vehicles etc

nzhumpy

Googlemeister who likes bikes and scandal

Scotty T

Walks the walk
Haha @HamboCairns brainwashed by big ICE into dinosaur thinking ;) It's an easy choice, waste more money, environment, energy with the M3 because it *feels lighter and does better skids. Meh. Petrol is dead. I liked in the test he was talking about hearing what each wheel was doing due to no engine noise. Engine noise is energy wasted, even your own energy having to try and hear what the car is doing and not being able to.

I was super pleased to see incentives in the ACT for EV's include conversions. I now have my motor and controller for my car, but still can't put a timeline on when I can get building with house stuff being a priority right now. I've been on leave and watching a bunch of YouTube vids on various builds to firm up some ideas of how I want to do things like battery boxes, chargers, motor mounts etc. Working on the first job of clearing space both for house renos and space to work on the car.

*Still a legit reason for new bike time :D
 

Scotty T

Walks the walk
First retro inspiration I saw was Mk 1 Ford Escort.

Perfect conversion donor.

Also might not need to buy a new golf when our existing one starts to get tired (still under 100k km on it):


This is pretty awesome.
 

Scotty T

Walks the walk
The same as a manual gearbox attaches to a internal combustion engine?
Yes. But you don't need to use the clutch pedal anymore. You generally drive around in third if you leave the original box and diff in the car, most typical kits have more than enough torque to pull away from standing still in third.
 

HamboCairns

Thanks for all the bananas
Haha @HamboCairns brainwashed by big ICE into dinosaur thinking ;) It's an easy choice, waste more money, environment, energy with the M3 because it *feels lighter and does better skids. Meh. Petrol is dead. I liked in the test he was talking about hearing what each wheel was doing due to no engine noise. Engine noise is energy wasted, even your own energy having to try and hear what the car is doing and not being able to.

I was super pleased to see incentives in the ACT for EV's include conversions. I now have my motor and controller for my car, but still can't put a timeline on when I can get building with house stuff being a priority right now. I've been on leave and watching a bunch of YouTube vids on various builds to firm up some ideas of how I want to do things like battery boxes, chargers, motor mounts etc. Working on the first job of clearing space both for house renos and space to work on the car.

*Still a legit reason for new bike time :D
Wait, what dinosaur thinking?
 

beeb

Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Yes. But you don't need to use the clutch pedal anymore. You generally drive around in third if you leave the original box and diff in the car, most typical kits have more than enough torque to pull away from standing still in third.
I think they were more asking because it's a factory delivered EV with a manual gearbox.

Personally I still see advantages to having a manual gearbox with an EV. Torque multiplication and associated acceleration improvement still applies, plus having the ability to tweak the acceleration delivery depending on the corner for example (ie: "upshifting early" to reduce chance of wheelspin, or dropping down a gear to make the acceleration more aggressive and play with the dynamic balance of the car through a tight corner). Plus it means you can run a smaller/lighter electric motor, but still retain good acceleration and cruising speed efficiencies. I agree it won't be common on production cars, but could be fun on conversions.
 

Haakon

Keeps on digging

Perfect conversion donor.

Also might not need to buy a new golf when our existing one starts to get tired (still under 100k km on it):


This is pretty awesome.
That is indeed pretty awesome. Probably should have done something like that to my Megane rebuild project...
 

beeb

Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Would there be power consumption savings as well?
Debatable - if you use the gearbox to keep it the motor in it's most efficient RPM range, possibly. Not sure how the smaller motor but added gearbox weight and drivetrain efficiency losses would balance out. I suspect like any vehicle - it'd mostly come down to how you drove it.

Simple fact is for the majority of commuter vehicles they'll either be direct drive to keep production costs to a minimum, maybe have a 2 speed automated box in heavier-duty vehicles (for "City" and "Highway" speed ranges in effect), or (my guess) potentially utilise CVT's to maximise efficiency and power delivery in commuter-spec cars with aspirations of high performance, without the associated costs of high-output batteries and high-current motor controllers.
 
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Scotty T

Walks the walk
That is indeed pretty awesome. Probably should have done something like that to my Megane rebuild project...
I think it would be a $30k kit so a bit more expensive I suspect. Anyway you can always sell the ICE, people actually still buy them! ;)
 

Haakon

Keeps on digging
I think it would be a $30k kit so a bit more expensive I suspect. Anyway you can always sell the ICE, people actually still buy them! ;)
Once i get it finished (couple of small random parts i was going to get from PickaPart in Melbourne next week, but that may be a while longer...) i may well do that. Turns out we have been perfectly fine with one shared car over the last 18 months anyway!
 
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