| Owner | Eric Schmidt | ||||||||
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| Location | Los Altos, California US map | ||||||||
| Vehicle | 1976 MG Midget This car was a great find at a local scrapyard- purchased for $800. The body and frame are in great condition. | ||||||||
| Motor | Advanced DC 203-06-4001 Series Wound DC | ||||||||
| Controller | Curtis 1221C | ||||||||
| Batteries | 3.70 Volt, Lithium-Polymer A relatively new Chinese company, they provided the BMS (battery-monitoring-system) THEY ARRIVED TODAY (2/12/08)!!!! we ordered them in September so we are grateful they finally made it here. They've held up nicely so far after driving the car about 300 miles, except one cell keeps rapidly dropping voltage, we are still designing an effective battery management system | ||||||||
| System Voltage | 120 Volts | ||||||||
| Charger | Zivan NG3 programmed for our specific pack | ||||||||
| Heater | nope | ||||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Astrodyne | ||||||||
| Instrumentation | Amp, volt meter, and battery monitor touch screen provided by ABAT | ||||||||
| Top Speed | 65 MPH (104 KPH) 65 is the highest we've driven it, which is quite conservative. After the brushes set on the motor and we sufficiently test everything, then I'll find the actual top speed. | ||||||||
| Acceleration | Quite nice | ||||||||
| Range | 30 Miles (48 Kilometers) this is with the problematic cell in the battery pack, once that's fixed it should be between 40-50 | ||||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 250 Wh/Mile | ||||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 2 adults, or 1 adult and one bass guitar (without amp) | ||||||||
| Curb Weight | 1,640 Pounds (745 Kilograms) 200lbs under stock, and the best part is the distribution- 52% rear, 48% front | ||||||||
| Tires | Sumitomo tires mounted on brand new superlight wheels | ||||||||
| Conversion Time | 300+ for me and my dad, so 600 total man-hours | ||||||||
| Conversion Cost | too much, 75% of the cost is in the LiPo batteries | ||||||||
| Additional Features | New Carpet, Top, Rollbar, and Mazda Miata Seats | ||||||||
| This will be my first car, my dad and I are doing the conversion. We will/are both learning lots. Motor and transmission have been successfully coupled using our custom machined taper lock hub and adapter plate!! We tested it on 5/26/08 with a 12V battery and were very pleased to see those wheels spinning after not having moved for half a year. We're hoping to get it drivable by 6/14/08 in time for the SAE motor fest. We made it to the motor fest after just getting it running the previous weekend. Both of us are really happy with the car, so far nothing has broken and all is in working order, it does nicely on the big hills around our house. We had quite an ordeal driving it the smog referee 20 miles away, and ran out of juice on the way back and frantically looked for a place to charge. We also just recently got the clutch working and are much happier shifting with the clutch than trying to wait for the motor and flywheel to stop spinning in order to change gear. All in all a very cool and drivealbe EV! | |||||||||
1976 MG Midget
Last Updated 08-02-2008
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