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New Project

I finally got a Friday video up on Friday. This week we talk about the fix for our Mini Cooper Clubman air conditioning (many thanks Marcus Siegert) – a simple high current diode on the positive input. [jwplayer file=”news081310-1280 – iPhone.mov” hd.file=”news081310-1280.mov” image=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news081310.jpg” streamer=”rtmp://s3jgrp4mv5fnqx.cloudfront.net/cfx/st” provider=”rtmp” html5_file=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news081310 – iPhone.mov” download_file=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news081310-1280.mov”] We also introduce our latest project […]

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Speedster Pictorial Diagrams

I’ve cobbled together some “pictorial diagrams” showing the wiring of the Speedster. These are a bit awkward. Rather than drawing schematics, I’ve kind of put together a bit of a wiring diagram using little pictures that might be more understandable to those unaccustomed to schematic diagrams, and probably annoying to those who are. I’ve split

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Cliff Notes on shows.

Eric Kriss of Krissmotors has been following our progress for some time.  He has successfully built an excellent Cobra kit car in the past and has some experience with the Saab Sonnet fiberglass sports car. He is working on a Speedster Part Duh and has been following the shows and offering some suggestions with peculiarly

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Duane Ball’s Spyder 550

This week is a fairly short show. We mostly feature Duane Ball’s Electric Beck Spyder 550 build. Built by Scott Smith in New York state, this car features many of the components in our own Speedster Part Duh prototype. It is an excellent example of craftmanship in an EV build. [jwplayer file=”news061810-1280 – iPhone.mov” hd.file=”news061810-1280.mov”

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