[ausev] Z3 Conversion Starting

[Chris Robison]

The resource most folks mention for theoretical calculations is a set of
pages (unfortunately hosted on Geocities), written by a guy named Uve.
Parts of these pages are pretty out of date, but it may remain useful:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8679/ev.html

And as far as real-world results are concerned, the best collection is
probably the EV Album at http://evalbum.com ...

  --chris




On Wed, October 25, 2006 9:30 pm, Carey King said:
> All,
>
> I like the idea of having an 'calculator' of sorts that can give a rough
> estimate of EV performance based upon the design. If people are willing,
> maybe we could find an 'ideal track' of sorts and start gathering data
> on everyone's EVs and their designs to back up the models.  This track
> could just be road somewhere in Austin, or something with
> defined/controlled starts and stops along with continuous driving, etc.
>
> My interests kind of lie in modeling of dynamic systems in general, and
> modeling the cars and confirming the performance with respect to
> batteries, voltage, weight, different motors, and such would be a good
> idea.
>
> Maybe we put a log of information on actual car performance stats on the
> Austin EV site.
>
> FYI I've been trying to recontact the potential source for donated cars
> for EV conversions from the car donation program, and he sounds
> interested but claims to be too busy to think about it much. I'll keep
> politely nagging him.
>
> carey
>
> jtp wrote:
>
>>Hey Chris,
>>  What would really be cool is some sort of decision matrices for
>> building
>>any kind of EV.
>> For example, a range of gross weights, and "X" motor,
>>"Y" voltage, and "Z" batteries would generally get you
>> "A" distance at "B" speed with "C" "start and stops"
>>non-regen or "D" "start and stops" with regen as estimates for us
>> beginners
>>to finalize what's feasible as first projects.
>>Another matrix regarding cost vs. distances and battery volumes currently
>>available.
>> Timing of component availability would help, since you mentioned
>> delivery
>>backlogs at one supplier.
>>
>> The 1994 ev book is somewhat out-of-date with regard to costing, so, it
>>sure would be a great help there as well.
>>(Though it is great for overview).
>>Dan.
>>
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