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The Leaf motor and drive unit can be powered directly without any additional sensors - some guys over in New Zealand have developed a drive interface which plugs right in. You would simply need to devise new driveshafts and engine mounts. Arlin Sansome dropped a Leaf motor into his record-breaking H...

Looking forward to watching this return to its former glory! Former EV glory of course.

Try and source a Nissan Leaf motor-drive assembly. It might be a very tight fit for the old N600, but it's the most compact and efficient way to deliver power without losses through the gearbox.

Tesla has built a very compelling product, and they had to. Being as good as an ICE was not good enough - it had to be better. And if it had to be expensive, it needed to be MUCH better. That's why they are an outstanding vehicle with an outstanding price tag. Because they had to smash perceptions a...

Hmmm, yes the motor windings - inverter charger system certainly complicates things. My theory as to why the Melville Zoe was failing to charge is that there is a problem with the power electronics. After a long drive, the system was warm, and charging at 32 A on three phases caused it to overheat t...

Thanks Rob. Enjoy your 900 emails to sift through.
Worst part about tuning out for a couple of weeks is coming back to the tsunami of emails.

Yeah it's exciting times, and EV trucks, especially 4-9 tonners are the perfect market for electrification.

Price is negotiable, but I think around $4000 for an inverter-motor setup.

I wonder if the battery may have been faulty. Our Zoe didn't struggle to get past 200km on our trip, though not sure how much of the esperance run is up hill Overseas BCI failures have had battery replacements BCI error is a pretty general one - could be anything from the socket to the cells. Kalam...

Matt might have one - @antiscab ?

So a couple of basic questions answered: How far would it go on a charge? Well at 98 km/h (set the cruise control) I reckon 200 km was the hard limit. Hyden to Ravey was 195 km and we squeaked in with less than 5 km on the range remaining dial. Ravey to Esperance was 190 km, and we sat on 100 km/h f...

The sound of a TIG welder moments before the charge failure isn't ideal either...

Jack Rickard had a ChaDeMo kit for conversions which was being used on occasion but it did seem like a lot of work, particularly when most EVs were running less than half the voltage normally used by OEMs. So a 144 volt DC conversion would still only charge at 120 amps, which is only 17 kW. More tha...

I will be writing up a bit of a story on the Plasmaball Run weekend, but here are a few photos from our trip to Esperance from Perth (700 km there and... 200 km back. More on that later) image-20190531_072518.jpg 20190531_135440.jpg 20190601_122824.jpg 20190602_144928.jpg :| image-20190603_083251.jpg

There is a Zeva 16 cell module which is serving several of us West Aussies quite well.

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Mon, 03 Jun 2019, 17:58

Any details on the gearbox that goes with it?

It's a 4-speed electrically actuated box; no clutch - just rev matches.

Weights:

Motor by itself = 240 kg
Gearbox by itself = 240 kg
Motor with Gearbox attached = 480 kg
Controller = 30 kg

They sure make up for their size with weight though!

Well we're pretty confident it has nothing to do with the locks and everything to do with the charger. It charges okay on 10 amps but at 32 amps it makes zappy noises and fails. So we're on the bus back to Perth while the car will go on a flat bed tomorrow

Yes.

In the middle of rural Western Australia you plug into a charger and it starts charging. You close the door and hit the lock on the remote. You walk away for two hours and come back to find it stopped charging 20 min in. For some reason if you let it lock itself it seems to charge okay.

Well if the exchange rate wasn't so awful, yeah, it's not cheap. But lightweight, compact AC power is never cheap.

Yep - solid choice.

Clutch went on like a dream. The whole lot bolted up like they were supposed to - no tapping or coercion, just tighten the bolts and we're rolling. 20190529_200702.jpg 20190529_204330.jpg 20190529_204347.jpg 20190529_211454.jpg Next job is to fabricate the mid-shaft support and the engine mounts, an...

Great to see you're back on the wagon! AC motors are the best, especially when made to work direct drive. Try and get a motor with enough torque so you can just avoid the gearbox all together. Settle for a sop speed of 140 km/h and you will have oodles of launch.

...I looked up in the shop Manuel and it said you have to reset the capacity with the MUT3. ... It says to send the reset command until it reads 45Ah. This time I recovered full capacity. So, no matter what cells you have it only goes to 45 Ah. Perhaps the reason it says to send the reset command u...

There will be about $7500 worth of cells in an iMiEV, and probably another couple of grand in labour putting it all together. It should give about 150 km range though.