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The link worked this morning but if it doesn't then go to the vids of the Minis first test drives via these links http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/proberts/?action=view¤t=100_2992.flv http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/proberts/?action=view¤t=100_2993.flv http://s6.photobucket.co...

I guess you mean this one, on ausmini http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42150 In one of the posts there is a link to some video's of it in the testing phase. He is currently needing to raise the rear suspension as the 150kg battery pack is bit much fot it. A great conversion with lots of...

My sister said she would do it so I'll PM you Striker so you
can contact her direct.

My sister is a GA so I will see if she wants to help out.
What time frame do you have and what program would she need?

Taffy, There are 2 funding Streams, Stream A for registered Motor Vehicle Producers. Stream B for quote "all Australian companies or Individuals (who warrant to form a company if offered assistance and prior to signing a funding agreement) other than the Motor Vehicle Producers eligible under stream...

There is a 2 page spread on the evMe in todays Herald Sun.
Seems like a good conversion of a Mazda2 but $70,000 might
be a bit much for the average bloke or blokette.
Claiming a 250k range and 130kph top speed.

Can we invent some sort of drive in/on charger whether it be something like on the bottom of slot cars and you have some strips in the floor that you park the car on while charging (not very safe I guess) but maybe there is some sort of remote control switch in the car to turn on the mains. Or you c...

I found an advert for the Governments GCIF in the Financial Review. The Aust Govt has a 'Framework Paper' (Link) http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/Manufacturing/GreenCarInnovationFund/Documents/GCIF%20Framework%20Paper%20Dec%202008.pdf in Dec 08 for their 1.3 billion dollar Green Car Innovation Fund and...

Tassie, you could try ev-nut here http://www.evnut.com/index.htm or this one on US ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p3907.m29&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1&item=230319366102&category=31872&viewitem= has specs and links for info. its a pity $40,000 US i...

Sounds like an ideal fleet for EV's. Do they run the Hilux's day and night? Or maybe import some of the vehicles from the UK What about you suggest that the shed were the Hilux's are kept has a PV array to charge them. All this is probably to costly for the powers that be so maybe just suggest using...

Hi Taffy, I have been looking at these Dualpower Mowers (about $200) and the Enviromowers (about $500) but have wondered if the Dualpowers are any good. I do have patches of fairly thick grass on 1/4 acre block but if I can keep it short it doesn't seem to hard to cut for my ICE mower. How long have...

I wonder if you could borrow the Zebra battery from the 'Solar Taxi' or
maybe just borrow the whole vehicle
Didn't it have a 400k range?

Interesting conversion KDRYAN, did you have to get special drive shafts made or does the Rav4 diff bolt straight in, if you know wha I mean.

I'm curious to know why members are interested in Ev's, is it A. sick of been ripped off by the fuel barons / government with      fuel prices B. want a vehicle with minimal enviromental impact C. like a challenge, building your own EV D. like being a bit different or a leader of new technology (eve...

Here's a link, over on the rightis a link to the video. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2450431.htm Times are changing as it seems that every week there is some sort of media article re electric cars, well when the price of fuel was high. Things like the Blade Electron and the Tesla are cha...

Mitsubishi Colts from the 80's had a 2 speed diff but I think it is integral with the gearbox, some smarty might be able to seperate the two though. Woody, Blade's might use the gearbox that you can get with the Emotors they use. He seemed to have complete ICE's (with gearbox) lying around. They are...

Great Video, Only getting 50 miles out of it on their test track is OK They only get 3mpg (miles per gallon) out of a Mitsu Evo when they fang it around the track. The Stig doing the same time as a Porche GT3 in the same conditions is awesome. Not sure on Clarkson's comment,"in the real world it doe...

Shopping at the local Coles the other day and looking at their stock of Hot wheels model cars (for my 5yo son of course http://forums.aeva.asn.au/smileys/smiley1.gif ) and what do I find but a Tesla, you beauty, so I grabbed the 3 that they had and only $1.99 each. A pity that they are a funny brown...

MikeG, I'm interested in your e-mower project, I was thinking along the same lines using a 3/4 horse 240V motor through an inverter or get a new 1000W 240V plug in mower from local hardware $120 ditch the plug and run motor through inverter, not sure what size inverter I would need though, as 1000W ...

Well done Taffy, did you have a deadline or are you always up that late.
can't wait to see the vid's

Or you could try this one, lots of drop down boxes you can punch in
the figures you know and it works out the rest.

http://www.evconvert.com/tools/evcalc/

And I'm just east of the eastern suburbs ;-) I wonder if the guys at Ceres know an engineer, maybe contact them as they have recently finished a Citroen van conversion. http://www.ceres.org.au/ It's a shame the elec car industry in Vic is so lacking, SA and WA seemed to be very active (and proactive...

May have been Johny on this post
viewtopic.php?t=618

Soyachips, Alan Grey from Earth Garden magazine has a Blade Runner so maybe you could drop him a line, heres a link to his web site, http://www.earthgarden.com.au/greenwheels/ you should find his contact details there somewhere, also notice they have a Green Wheels forum which might be interesting, ...

Soya, the 120km range is for around town, it drops to about 80 at 100kph so it would just do it but there are a few steep hills at either end of my trip, would love to have a job a few k's closer to home. I could charge it during the day at work so I could probably get by, but I would prefer to be a...