[ausev] Roundup!

[Marc Kohler]

My 3 wheeled Doran (http://www.evalbum.com/243) made it to Fredericksburg a
few years ago.  Granted, I did have to stop in Johnson City to recharge over
a long three hour lunch, but it made it on its own power.  Luckily I had a
friend there with 240VAC available. This year I didn't have enough test
miles on the ElectraVan (http://www.evalbum.com/2289 ) to ensure that I was
to make it.  While on its maiden voyage to the Austin EV meeting, on the way
home the controller over heated and released its smoke as I turned into my
driveway.  As I remember it was 105F that day and all up hill to my house
from downtown.  It was not happy with me.  I have since replaced it with a
Curtis 1231C squealer, upped the voltage to 120V, and added individual 12V
Soneil chargers.  I had to get my BMS reprogrammed, and now that it's back
I'll install the new state of charge gauge and go for a test run soon.  Even
if it would have been road worthy, I still would have needed to stop and
recharge in Johnson City. 

Marc Kohler

-----Original Message-----
From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of tunafish at io.com
Sent: Friday, January 01, 1904 1:46 AM
To: ausev at austinev.org
Subject: [ausev] Roundup!

Is my (terrible) memory correct???  Is this the FIRST YEAR that an ALL
ELECTRIC 4-wheel vehicle made it to the Roundup from Austin (to
Fredericksburg) all on its own power?  That would be the Tesla.  I was
trying to remember if Tweety (3-wheel) or a motorcycle/scooter had made the
trip???  If not - this would be the first for any vehicle!

I consider this a memorable milestone.  Whoo Hoooooo!!!

Thanks one & all!  Next year = more/better!

Pacem,
Tanda

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