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Fri, 22 Nov 2019, 14:31

Re: Cybertruck - the fanbois will eat it up. Everyone else will buy a Rivian.

Hey Chris, I have to come out of the closet, I'm a Tesla fanboi

Have you read this report? https://infrastructure.org.au/ruc-for-evs/ This report smacks of a biased and short sighted stop gap measure that specifically targets EVs without considering the larger picture. Lots of sweet talk and then a brick-bat for EV owners. This report could easily be leveraged b...

That is correct. It turns out that these cars are something of a collectors item.

Wow, thanks guys. Good to know some folks still like me

Hi, I am assisting a motor customer of ours to sell his privately converted, unfinished BMW 2002. He has moved overseas and is unable to complete the project. I have stored the vehicle on his behalf for the last year. All offers will be referred to the owner for consideration. The vehicle has been g...

I have a very lovely K&W Model TD100 Tacho Driver for sale.
For those that can remember it suits the old Advanced DC motors.
I imagine it would work on NEtgain also.

Brand New, unused, in the box with instructions.
Good price for the right person.

PM me if it is of interest.

Good question, I missed a stop. We stopped at Maclean River Caravan Park for a top up and went for a coffee and a walk. Maclean is a picturesque little town with a proud Scottish heritage. Worth the stop. On the longer legs we arrived most times with not less than 2 bars remaining. For the uninitiat...

Thanks Kurt, sorry to have missed meeting you.
Leela made it to the meeting, I had to fly home.
Right after I got back my computer crashed and I have only just got back on deck.
Here is the itinerary we followed.

WE MADE IT!

Saturday arvo we sailed into Brisbane.
Easy as you like.
Got lots of video so will work on compiling a short video.

How many Dilkes Hoffmans does it take to charge an Electric iMiev?

This iMiev does not have a pilot signal coming from the J1772. We only found this out the first time we tried to charge at Newcastle. Michael had actually never used the J1772 plug except that he had a "hot" lead going to a 15A plug. Thanks for the pointers Greg, will follow this up. In the meantime...

I just overheard the family upstairs talking about the iMiev that they could see from their balcony. The young kids were asking why it was plugged in and the father said its a very special car that uses batteries and charges up from the electricity. One of the kids immediately said "It doesn't make ...

I did make quite a detailed itinerary spreadsheet for the trip the week before we left. I will post it when we are done with the trip. We have pretty much stuck to it apart from a desperate situation in Glendale on Wednesday where it took us 6 hours to find a charge with just our normal plug and 4 k...

My daughter Leela took my fatherly advice and bought a 2010 iMiev from Michael Symons in Sydney. Just 9000kms on the clock. She is from WA but moving to Brisbane to study this week. I had the bright idea that we might drive it from Sydney to Brisbane so that is what we are doing right now. It is rea...

I am assisting a friend to sell surplus parts from an EV build that did not eventuate. The parts are all unused but about 2 years old. All the parts have been installed on a frame but never commissioned. Prices are based on 2/3 the US sale price. He has a business so GST has been added. Elcon PFC 50...

A customer of mine just alerted me to this thread. I sent four chargers back to TC Charger that I replaced under warranty for my customers. I was hoping they would come to the party but I now have to pay repairs on them and freight both ways, ouch. I had them in stock too long. I also have a couple ...

Well done you, Joseph.
You are one of the best advocates for EVs!

I would love to bring the Proton up for a spin but would have to put a lightweight battery pack in it to get anywhere near competitive handling. Better start saving my pennies.

Maybe we can practically start with an E-kart Challenge at next years Perth Electrikhana?

For safety it could be done as an autokhana type event around a cone track, one kart at a time.

Having a standard chassis and very low COG E-karts would actually be very safe.

Good to see some new blood getting enthused.
I didn't know there are already E-Kart venues.

When is the next one Joseph?

Courtesy of Danny Ripperton:

video here

Quoting Chris's race report here... If any other teams have race reports and/or pics please post or send to me and I will post. Thought I might do a little race report of round 2 of the eFXC at Winton Raceway last weekend, thanks to team O'Hanlon Electric Motorsport ;) Pottz and I landed in Melbourn...

Good choice of car ;) We have converted three Jumbucks now. All still going, touch wood... The best thing about a front wheel drive ute is there is plenty of space under the tray and they are built to carry a load. Jumbucks are also mechanically and electrically fairly simple. You need to keep the b...

Congratulations Chris, Mike, Danny and the gang. Chris you really believed in yourself and risked everything, I think thats what got you to the start line and what got you to the finish with flying colours. Its inspirational stuff. Congratulations also to the other competitors for making the race po...