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Hi Joe - I've used the Bender IR125 unit before with great success. The uni FSAE EV race teams must also include a ground-fault detection system and primarily use Bender units. Your local AEVA branch should have contacts with the local uni team to get info on them.
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Bryce

Hi Chris - the problem with Blades is they are, well, not worth fixing unless you are a do-it-yourself sort of person. The cost to pay someone to do it is usually well more than they are worth when finished as they are all different and generally have unique problems built into them. (Plus paying ot...

Hi Chris - I suspect most EV conversion workshops have something close to PTSD re Blades. If you treat it as a glider and install a new motor with the controller along with put in your choice of battery monitor, BMS and charge plug (BTW: a Curtis motor and controller costs about the same as just fin...

Thank you for the reply. I find it hard to comprehend why an AZD controller can not be repaired! Why can't an electronics repairer diagnose a faulty component and replace it? The controller still drives the car! It can't be completely burnt out. Looks like EVs are not ready for the general populati...

Hi there Chris - sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the AZD controllers are effectively impossible to repair. If the controller is dead, the only solution is to replace the controller with one compatible with the motor. (Preferable one with a manufacturer still in existence and who provides goo...

Sigh. And how many times has Microsoft 'updated' Word or Windows with features that nobody wanted (or uses) and in the process moved or deleted useful functions? With cars becoming more like computers, seems our experience with computers is our introduction to the coming world of vehicle 'over the a...

Hi there - my t'uppence worth is it all sounds a bit odd! Firstly, For Sale section is a public forum. You should still see it, even if you can't edit an ad. Secondly, if your AEVA membership has lapsed, that should not affect the forums login - that is a separate login and there are lots of forum m...

Hi Russell-is it perhaps taking the 'shortest' route? My Kona has a bad habit of doing that. Particularly on long freeway trips. (The old road may be shorter than the freeway bypass-but it certainly ain't quicker... ).
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Bryce

Hi there-whilst technically possible to do CHAdeMO charging in a conversion (see last ever EVNews - Oct 2020 - for an article from someone who did get it to work), I think the take-home message from the article is 'don't try this at home'.
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Bryce

Ditto on the 'some sort of life'. Sometimes if they are not too low or left for too long you can sometimes gently resuscitate them individually with a controlled current/voltage power supply to a high enough level to get the BMS to cooperate.... However the range is often well down on what a new bat...

Perhaps not the best arrangement - yes, Audi, Porsche, Skoda etc are part of the VW group - but it is not widely understood by the general public that this is the case. Suggest keeping them as separate marques. Either that, or put Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault under a category called 'Renault Group...

As an FYI - the Emrax motor is commonly used in FSAE racing EVs. (https://motorsport.org.au/about/education/formula-sae)
These are the teams I work with in my day job.

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Bryce

Yes - with ZE50 Zoe, Renault introduced CCS2 DC charging as an option. (Plus created the R135 GT Line 'performance' Zoe. That ad is for one of those )

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Bryce

BTW: the ones I sell stick like the proverbial to a blanket. My old EV set are still perfect after 8 years. However, they do have the alternate problem that you MUST put them on in the right spot first time. (Have tried - they never come off in one piece!)

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Bryce

And then there were none. All the Zoe run-out listings are gone on Carsales and Gumtree.

Just one lonely new Kangoo EV van in Tasmania to represent Renault EVs in Australia. A sad situation, given how well Renault EVs sell in Europe...

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Bryce

One for sale in Vic. Just came in to me to go into 'For Sale' section of (sadly now deceased) national newsletter EVNews. Will post details tomorrow.
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Bryce
(The reluctantly former editor of EVNews)

E-niro is basically a slightly bigger Kona-(same running gear and battery: Kia is owned by Hyundai) so if you liked the Kona but found it a bit small, the e-niro is possibly your perfect EV!
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Bryce

Hi Scott - lucky there are people reading these things AND letting me know of corrections needed! Yes, definitely had a brain-fade there. Ioniq, Kona, Jag, Merc, MG, Renault Kangoo and Nissan all corrected as they are single phase charging. Rest OK as they do 3 phase 11 or 22kW. BTW: you'll get even...

You can buy an 'adaptor'-involves a Type 2 socket in a control box with a lead ... effectively an eo or similar 'BYO' lead EVSE. (See evse.com.au as an example). I built just that type of thing for myself some time ago when such things were not available - but easier (and cheaper) to buy a portable ...

Hi there - short answer: 'Yes!' Longer answer: 'Hell yes - go for it!' Having in 2019 done 2400km around Vic in 7 days with no DC fast chargers (https://thedriven.io/2019/10/10/re-defining-the-australian-long-weekend-drive-with-an-electric-kona/) - that trip would be easy if you have access to 15A o...

As FYIs: the coming Nissan Ariya has liquid battery cooling .... and even the e-NV200 van (base on the Leaf) has had an active air system cooling system since 2014. Leaf has been the standout for not including either.

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Bryce

And now there is only 1. (CJ: is that the famous Esperence experience one? )

... plus one Kangoo EV. (BTW - Renault are still importing and selling them!)

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Bryce

Hi George - have you spoken to Graeme at Suzi Auto/OZDIYEV yet? He offers conversion kits for Suzuki cars, as well as being very supportive of EV converters and is a long-term member of AEVA.
He's based in Qld - sites:
https://www.ozdiyelectricvehicles.com/
https://www.suziauto.com/

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Bryce

Hi there Chris - that symptom in a Blade is indicative of a failing AZD controller. Mine failed that way. Definitely worth checking the other options .... but my money is on the controller. Simplest fix is installing a Curtis motor and controller (there are options for installing a new controller on...

Hi there - seems to be an issue with Zoes and some EVSEs. (Had the same happen with ours on my wall EVSE - the Zoe randomly stops charging. A reset of the EVSE off/on again sets it right again). Am in the process of swapping the EVSE over to another. Will report back once that's done.

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Bryce