This week we return to Slingblade’s Dynomometer for another test. I’m a little weary of test graphs this week as I’ve been making a number of them. But this is probably more interesting to you. High Performance Electric Vehicle Systems http://www.hpevs.com has kind of cracked the AC drive market with the only system we’re aware […]
This week, we take a look at one of our viewer’s builds. This is a very interesting one to us. If you recall, we bought an electric Spyder, done very similarly to our Part Duh Speedster. The similarity was not entirely accidental. Duane Ball was doing the Spyder in Albany New York at the same
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Well, it’s the week of Turkey Day, and as one of the larger and less flight prone Turkeys in the area, a time that always makes me uneasy. Actually, both my wife and I are excellent cooks, accounting for my unfortunate girth, and Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Family visit and good food,
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In this week’s episode, we assemble new mounts for the 2009 Mini Cooper Clubman drive train – somewhat colorfully. We also wrap up our Vantage Green Van Battery Makeover. We have thrown out 775 lbs of AGM lead acid batteries and replaced them with 27 High-Power brand 200AH cells that I never liked well enough
Itsy, Bitsy, Spyder 550 and Battery Balance Myths Read More »
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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