[ausev] possilbe donor?

[Brian Lasseter]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Brian Lasseter
<blasseter.cmpe01 at gtalumni.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:57 PM, David Mark Svetlecic
> <davidmsvetlecic at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I'd welcome anyone's input on a possible donor car.
>> It's a Mercedes 230E with a blown engine.
>
> I can not find any information online,

I found the info in the car's instruction booklet...  The curb weight
is 1310 kg (2888 lbs), and the GVWR for the frame is 1830 kg (4034
lbs).

Your car is starting 500lbs heavier than mine was before conversion,
but your GVWR is 700lbs higher than mine... so that actually gives you
more cargo room...which will likely be absorbed by more batteries.

You can punch some numbers into online calculators like this one to
get an idea of specs:
http://www.geocities.com/hempev/EVCalculator.html

My results seem pretty close to what the calculator thinks I should
have gotten... at least once I told it that I did not have low rolling
resistance tires.   (Maybe I should invest in some...)


-- 
TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

"No Sane man will dance." -Cicero (106-43 B.C.)