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This car has been sold.
Another Focus will be available early Jan.
It has done 50,000 km so will be a bit cheaper.
Be early with an offer

Hi Johny
Are you only after the orange clip together caps for the cells?
We have plenty to fit the 10Ah cells

    EV Works Ford Focus Electric vehicle for sale Price: AU$22,000 with 1 year warranty. Availability: In stock Description Electric vehicle For sale. For a similar price to doing a conversion you can have a late model vehicle with very low kilometres already professionally converted to electric dri...

In relation to in cord units: The ones we looked at were to be used for occasional charging and plugged into a standard 10 amp socket. They claimed to test the earth connection at the car end of the lead but in fact worked whether there was an earth connected to the car or not. Temperature sensing w...

EV Works has done some work and research on the overheating charging lead issue. We have also involved "Clipsal" a major manufacturer of electrical equipment. There are a lot of interesting comments made in the thread above. We do understand the reasoning behind the cautionary attitude taken by the ...

Glen will be back in Perth this week and a reception is planned for next Sunday morning so watch for details.
He was at Eucla yesterday.

Some of you might not be aware of Glen George's trip around Australia towing a range extending pack of batteries in a small trailer. He was at Eucla yesterday so will be back in Perth this week some time. He was able to do almost 300k's on a charge. Most of the time he was happy to do around 200k's ...

There is often some confusion when it comes to calculating efficiency of air conditioning units. The problem is caused by the difference between inside and outside teperatures or more correctly the difference between the condeser and evaporator temperatures. On a very hot day for instance the unit w...

The latest version of NCOP14 is now available online on the Dotars website.
Here is a direct link:
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... an2011.pdf

Hi Barry
We have a DC motor that will do the job for you. It is wound for 8 amps continuous so it will put out close to 1 kW at 120 volt. Give me a call on 0407152552 office hours Perth or email me at rob@evworks.com.au
cheers
Rob Mason

I checked it out a month ago. There were no charging stations to be seen. When I enquired I was told that they are coming but it is not known when.
I think they should remove the signs which clearly state that electric vehicle charging stations are available.
False advertising at the very least!

The best way to prevent corrosion is to stop moisture getting between the joints so there is no cation path. Tight, neatly fitting joints with a moisture repelling, preferably conducting paste will do the job. There are also some spray on sealers that can be used after the connection has been made w...

The "coke" bottle worked well enough to keep the Zilla from reaching cut back temps in most cases. On very hot days it was not quite good enough especially if I was driving hard. On the matter of circulation, it is absolutely essential. On a couple of occasions the cheap little circulation pump I wa...

Hi Toby NCOP 14 is being published soon. The requirement for a mechanical disconnect has been removed to allow 12 volt operated contactors to be used either instead of or as well as. It is worth having a means of checking that disconnection has actually occurred as contactors have been known to stic...

If you are interested in a BMW 318i with Zilla Z1K and lithiums, excellent performance, range at least 110km on the freeway, give me a call on 0407152552

The final version is still in the draft form and has yet to be approved by the Motor Vehicle Industry Board (nationally).They hope to be able to discuss it by April. Section 2.10 as quoted by Tuarn will most likely be unchanged in my opinion. The requirement for a mechanically operated (big red) but...

Don't forget if you are depreciating your batteries over 8 or so years then you should include depreciation of your ICE. New, old and reconditioned have different values on resale etc. A set of lithiums that have driven 200,000 km or so might not be worth much but then what is the value of your ICE ...

The Volvo 960's maiden voyage, Anzac Day 2009. The Volvo is mobile! Specs: 45 LFP 200AH cells, Zilla Z1K low voltage, Clark 12" forklift motor (monster) direct drive to tailshaft, Baldor DC motor driving power steering and air conditioner. I had some battles with the onboard computer but managed to ...

This looks like the way to go!
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/0 ... bsidy.html

Hi Coulomb Spillable liquid refers to flooded lead acid batteries. The criteria used was based on the battery leaking fluid if tipped on its side or worse. Lithiums and sealed lead acid don't leak under normal circumstances or a rollover. Venting of gasses is again under normal circumstances. Floode...

Hi Peter C NCOP 14 revision will be finalised by end of April, hopefully. The document is basically a set of guidelines for engineers and licensing departments to use and/or follow. Most of the inclusions can be added as afters I think so I wouldn't worry too much. Some of the items being discussed ...

[quote="woody"] Rob: if the batteries last as long or longer than the car, then yes they are part of the conversion cost. But hopefully you use your EV more than that so they need to be replaced, so are a running cost. Depends on the usage. It seems biased to me to include battery costs as running ...

[quote="woody"] I see batteries as a running cost, not a conversion cost.



I think we can justify the cost of batteries as conversion cost not running cost. Otherwise we need to view the depreciation costs of an ICE as running costs which we rarely do.

Absolutely correct HeadsUp. I think it might be useful to start another thread so readers dont link all these good ideas to NCOP14 version 2 which will hopefully be finalised by end of April.
Call it "NCOP 14 version 3" perhaps. That is where the the "floating versus grounded pack" has finished up.