Behind the scenes of building an electric car - The journey
Follow us on a journey of the successes and dissapointments that were tse_10.
Team Swinburne Electric 2010, AKA tse_10, was the first year a group of Swinburne engineering students endevoured to develop and build an Electric Vehicle for the Formula SAE competition. The team hit trouble when they blew up their motor controller, just over a week before the competition. The team then borrowed another motor controller which also ended up blowing. The team then borrowed ANOTHER motor controller, to which they had some success, until the night before the competition, when it also blew up. In total the team blew up 3x $4,000 controllers, 6 times (after repairs). It is thought that the motor is faulty and is causing the issues.
Team Leaders:
Stefan Smolenaers
Matthew Femino
Final Year Members:
Joel Moses
Jason Whittle
Non Final Year Members:
Wayne Murphy
Jacob Vu Tran
Adrian Cowen
External Support
James Kirk
Ken ?
Kevin Woodhouse
ATA and MEVIG
Warning: Although edited, this is behind the scenes footage and may contain some course language and/or offensive behaviour.
Electric Ford Ranger Conversion
Footage of my truck driving through town. Top speed: 75 mph Range: 45 miles Warp 9 motor, T-Rex 1000 controller, 24 12 volt 130ah batteries, Zivan 220 volt on-board charger, Iota dc/dc converter
Electric Starion - Electric Car Conversion - Part 2
It's been a long wait, but the Thundersky lithium 144v 160Ah batteries finally arrived! Now we have to set about determining the best configuration for the batteries in the engine bay and rear tank using info from convertyourgasguzzler.com. A bit annoying the BMS modules haven't arrived yet as a confirmation measurement of the height of these would help in determining the battery rack height dimension. We could arrange the engine bay battery racks as a typical square-finish configuration, or perhaps angled around the motor for a cool effect, and then as Nathan suggests place plastic clear Perspex sheets over the top for a neat finish, and tinted perspex surrounding the Curtis terminals too perhaps - we want a neat engine bay! Nathan mentioned someone who had Thunderskies mounted on their edges (sides) but the efficiency was greatly deteriorated and batteries leaked! I don't know if those were the LiCoO2 (we're using LiFePO4), either way we'll install close to vertical anyway and a crude animation is included to show possible mounting. Another 'fun' part in this video was removing the dash so we could access the ventilation system box and put in the heater core (I know, could have gone with a water micro boiler unit but budget is getting tight; maybe later); biggish job but not too hard for two people working on it (Stephanie did it once, alone, and it was a pig of a job she said). I'll help Nathan get it back together later as he moves on to the charging setup and we'll the need the BMS master unit as well (which also hasn't arrived yet). The Curtis will have a water cooling block underneath where all the FETs are positioned inside (and block secured tight with thermal compound between surfaces) and maybe a fan box on top, if there is room, but the water cooler alone should help keep the thing under 75 degrees C (a Zilla would be better; can't get our hands on one for now and they're expensive). The very crude animation of possible engine bay layout will probably change as we decide the best location for stuff (pwr steer/air con drive components and compressor, pump motor, hoses etc) and final battery count front and back. The reservoir for water block coolant may stay in its original place if the hose length is not too long to be impractical. Slowly but surely we are getting somewhere now. Sorry about the shaky camera, some of us have been sick with flu. Sorry about the boobies too, but hot fiddling with cars ;-)
Ford Ranger Custom Built w/ Supra motor
GrinderTV presents Josh's 1983 under construction Ford Ranger If you like what you see and would like to see more videos please subscribe!! To contact Forged Street Customs Josh @ 480-559-5607
Part 7 - Adapter Plate and Motor Coupler - 1969 Austin Healey Sprite EV Conversion
Just got back from the machinist - http://laveen.com. Eric Laveen helped design and build the adapter plate and motor coupler. They connect the electric motor to the stock transmission in the car. Visit http://evsprite.com for full project details.
HR-EV part 1
Compilation of my works on Honda HR-V electric vehicle conversion project covered in my blog http://hr-ev.blogspot.com/
Small Budget Honda Accord Electric Conversion Part 2
http://www.useafuel.com
We converted this 1990 Honda Accord over to a completely electric vehicle on a small budget. Most of the parts we all ready had or got locally for dirt cheap.
My 95 Ford Ranger
Here's the thing -- I sold this truck right after I posted this video - in 2007. But so many people liked the video, I've kept it on YouTube. Enjoy it, send comments, even call if you need to. But the thing is definitely sold.
EV Rally 2008: EV Porsche 928 Conversion
Jeff McCabe is a mechanical engineer who converted his 1984 Porsche 928 in a full electric vehicle.
He gave me a ride and I was able to ask him a few questions on his car and the future of EVs.
Enza Sebastiani
Produced/Shot/Cut by Enza Sebastiani
1000 Hearts - Copyright 2009
www.enzasebastiani.com
