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John, I was referring to Veggivet's Moment build. That company starts from 50K going to 150k. I like the idea immensely. The question will be how the EV mini price holds up in the secondary market
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50 large plus seems an awful lot for a motor upgrade.
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50 large plus seems an awful lot for a motor upgrade.
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Quiet indeed! Looking forward to ditching my earplugs ??
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I'm guessing with so few people actually using their minis as daily drivers, charging would not be a. major concern. It's gotta be a real quiet. Gone will be the 4 cylinder hiccups.
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I'm not sure what your considering fast charge (Only Tesla Chargers), I still think the Level 2 chargers at 240V/6.6kw of AC power is fast enough charge, better then Level 1 for sure. This power output translates to 26 miles of range per hour. We are roughly talking from dead at 20% that it would take 3 to 4 hours to fully charge the Mini.
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Without fast charging is an achilles' heel. I remember owning a diesel; you had to know all the diesel filling stations. What about the other automotive companies selling EVs? Still an interesting build.
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Will Tesla let you fast charge?
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Will Tesla let you fast charge?
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Are you going to use an electric heater for defrost and heat?
You certainly can, we won't for the demo build. There are a bunch of different products available depending on what voltage your running.
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Are you going to use an electric heater for defrost and heat?
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John, How much weight are you adding with the batteries?
Stock Mini Weighed in at (with empty gas tank):
Front 1,000 (64%)
Rear 575 (36%)
Total 1,575
EV Mini Weight:
Front 925 (56%)
Rear 725 (44%)
Total 1,650
Each Tesla S Battery weighs ~55.8 lbs each, 27”x11.5”x3.5”T + Enclosure
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John, How much weight are you adding with the batteries?
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Oh, and before anyone asks about a clutch, this is how we are doing it and benefitting from the mechanical advantage. I find still being able to interact with a classic car paired with a interesting sounding AC motor and being able to hit 140+ mph could be fun.
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Very interesting, please keep me posted.
Is it possible to get a Solidworks or STP file of the motor?
I'm thinking of using a standard mini lump, just remove the motor & blank off the gearbox, connect the electric motor to the (lightened) flywheel.
Thanks, Martin.
Is it possible to get a Solidworks or STP file of the motor?
I'm thinking of using a standard mini lump, just remove the motor & blank off the gearbox, connect the electric motor to the (lightened) flywheel.
Thanks, Martin.
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Very interesting, please keep me posted.
Is it possible to get a Solidworks or STP file of the motor?
I'm thinking of using a standard mini lump, just remove the motor & blank off the gearbox, connect the electric motor to the (lightened) flywheel.
Thanks, Martin.
Is it possible to get a Solidworks or STP file of the motor?
I'm thinking of using a standard mini lump, just remove the motor & blank off the gearbox, connect the electric motor to the (lightened) flywheel.
Thanks, Martin.
"Nature Bats Last"
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Congrats John for tackling a new project. Keep going.
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Oh, and before anyone asks about a clutch, this is how we are doing it and benefitting from the mechanical advantage. I find still being able to interact with a classic car paired with a interesting sounding AC motor and being able to hit 140+ mph could be fun.
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Oh, and before anyone asks about a clutch, this is how we are doing it and benefitting from the mechanical advantage. I find still being able to interact with a classic car paired with a interesting sounding AC motor and being able to hit 140+ mph could be fun.
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Yes, I started a few months back designing, designing some more, then pulling the trigger to move forward once it met my criteria. 125+ mile range, 120hp/187 torque, very small weight penalty. We are building a full demo car now, just picked up the shell on Xmas Eve. It uses our subframe with D series transmission (3.25 final drive), lsd optional, standard suspension components, Netgain Hyper 9 Motor, adapter, lightened flywheel and clutch. Chose the 100v motor, paired with 5 Tesla S batteries ~24KW. Orion BMS, 6.6 KW Charger (charge time should be around 3 to 4 hours for full charge from 20ish %). Pretty excited about it, but none of its cheap, but neither is our performance D-series package either. Batteries will get cheaper/better as the years go on, but right now hard to beat the price/weight/density of the Tesla batteries. I post most of my updates on Facebook, just easier for me to add pictures as we go, and video, etc. Hoping to have it done by March, but that's a tight timeline, do-able, but tight.