I was hoping to do this kind of thing to my truck. Only with a motor for the front wheels and a motor for the rear wheels (its already four wheel drive). 1 battery pack a couple of ultra caps and a small generator for range. The thing I couldn't get passed is the small generator. I have heard that they release more emissions than a regular car. And how in the world would I connect a motor to the front drive train and the rear?? <br>
<br>Anyway, a motor in each wheel would be even better,... less moving parts. My question is does the company that is retrofitting the cooper sell kits for people like us?? I bet their controller is worth a lot of $$$$$. I would like to know what the emissions of their generator are like compared to a car's emissions?<br>
<br>Jim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Marc Kohler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mkohler@austin.rr.com">mkohler@austin.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This vehicle was never intended to go into production as configured like<br>
this concept vehicle. As with all concept vehicles, anything goes. It was<br>
purely a demonstrator to showcase the performance capability of wheel<br>
motors. I believe there have been some other concept vehicles since that<br>
only use two of their wheel motors and keep the normal brakes, as they<br>
didn't require 0-60mph in under 5 seconds.<br>
<br>
Marc Kohler<br>
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Subject: [ausev] Commercial mini cooper conversion braking<br>
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Don't panic!<br>
<br>
I read sometime ago that for this car, the kinetic energy recovery<br>
provides all the electric power needed to activate the motors in a<br>
braking mode.. The more intense the braking, the more power is available<br>
to stop the car.. This reminds me of the "wedge brake" principle in the<br>
old horse carriages, where the kinetic energy of the carriage was used<br>
(through friction) to further engage the wedge and further increase the<br>
braking. The only problem I see is that, like the Mini Cooper, there is<br>
no braking capability at (or near) zero speed.<br>
<br>
I do not know how many levels of redundancy they have. This will<br>
certainly be investigated during the car road worthiness certification<br>
process.<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
<br>
red scott wrote:<br>
> It's got NO BRAKES!!!!! What happens when you have an electrical failure?<br>
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