Mummy car.
OwnerRay Blackburn
LocationPortland, Oregon US map
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Vehicle2008 Toyota 3 door Hatckback Yaris
Toyota Yaris "LIV Wise" Developed and built by Hybrid Technologies. They are now known as EV Innovations. Name change again to Li-ion Motors.
MotorAzure Dynamics/Solectria Solectria 3-Phase AC
The motor is an air cooled AC24 Solectria, single output, 50kW peak, 3-Phase brushless AC Induction Motor. Operating rpm range of 4.5k rpm nominal and 12k rpm maximum speed, with a torque range of 30nm nominal and 74mn peak.
DrivetrainThis is a one speed. The original transmission is not used. Front wheel drive. The T-1200 gearbox from Solectria still leaks as of 2/15/10 after being repaired once and replaced once. I would not suggest getting a vehicle with the T-1200 gear box.
ControllerAzure Dynamics/Solectria DMOC 445 2
The Motor Controller is a waterproof 3-Phase inverter. It has a nominal operating range of 336 to 120 VDC (Voltage Direct Current) with a max. Current output of 280A rms.
Batteries10 Kokam 100Ah, 4.25 Volt, Lithium-Polymer
The pack size is 35KWh. 80 cells
System Voltage335 Volts
ChargerBrusa ????
The Charger is 110/220 VAC (Voltage Alternating Current) input, 262VDC (Voltage Direct Current) 16 Amp output
HeaterHV powered water heater/pump. The Heater Coil is powered by the HV battery. The Heater Coil has an operating range of 400 VDC to 200 VDC. The Water Pump is operated by 12V battery power
DC/DC Converter ????
400 to 150 VDC and has an output of 13.8VDC nominal and can handle loads up to 75Amps
InstrumentationThe LCD Touch Screen is for monitoring the operation of your vehicle. It has 5 screens.
MAIN: Displays Miles Left, MPH, Percentage of Battery Charge and Power Consumption.
VOLT: Displays each individual cell voltage including the minimum and maximum voltage of the high and low cells
TEMP: Displays each battery packs temperature and the temperature of the highest pack.
TRIP: Displays Drive Time, Distance Traveled, Average Speed, Total Energy used in Watt Hours, Integrated Regen Energy produced and Average Efficiency in Watt Hours.
SET: Is used for programming and calibration. This feature is ONLY to be used by Hybrid Technologies personnel.
Top Speed85 MPH (136 KPH)
Car is very torky between 30-40 mph. Picks up very well from 55 to 65. From 65 to 85 it takes a while to wind up.
Acceleration0-60 mph in 12 seconds
Range133 Miles (213 Kilometers)
I have gone 70 miles at 55 mph and an additional 25 miles city on the same charge. Approx 15 miles remained for range. This is regular driving not hyper-mile driving.
In my recent test I have gone 106.4 (Garmin) city mile. 114.4 (Yaris odometer) city miles. Regular driving.

3/25/09 Went from 82nd NE Sandy to Lincoln City

7/4/09 Was in a 4th of July parade and went 143 miles on one charge with 70% of the driving at 55mph and the air conditioning on. Correction as the odometer adds .3 miles for every 5 miles it actually only went 133 miles in the above trip.
Watt Hours/MileDon't know yet.
EV Miles
Start:2,180 Miles (3,507 Kilometers)
Current:12,553 Miles (20,197 Kilometers)
Total:10,373 Miles (16,690 Kilometers)
 
    As of 3/10/2010
Seating Capacity2 adults. No back seats. They are working on a four seat-er. It has all the cargo area of a ICE Yaris
Curb Weight2,500 Pounds (1,136 Kilograms)
100 pounds more or less than the original ICE version. The battery pack weighs less than 400 LBS
TiresStandard 15 inch tires, alloy wheels are not standard.
Conversion TimeIt took about 6 months. One month was spent locating the car with my options to convert.
Conversion Cost$41,020 dollars not including delivery to Oregon from NC. Yaris $15,500, conversion coast $26,000
Additional Features-Regen brakes
-Air Conditioning
-Great heater
-Air bags
-Fog lights
-Power door locks, windows, mirrors
-Key less entry
-Alloy wheels
-AM/FM CD with iPod connection
-Rear window defroster
-Rear window wiper
This car was built for me at Hybrid Technologies in NC. It should arrive the middle of Sept. or Oct. 2008
Update:
Shipping is scheduled. Should be here before x-mas. They said this about some of the test they did recently.

"I have great news on your vehicle. The vehicle has been achieving 130 miles average for each test run and speeds in the upper 80’s. Graphics go on today and also the freezer test will begin today."
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1/21/09 I return to Oregon with car. This car is really fun to drive. It has beeped at me and shuts down. That is not fun when it beeps and shuts down. Customer support is very good so far and we are ironing out the glitches. Gas cars have to work really hard to keep up with me from a red light. Wheeeee!

One night late I was plugging the car in and my metal cover plate that I forgot to screwed on to the outlet and forgot it was just sitting there, it fell on the plug when it was half way plugged in and a big blue spark came out and tripped the 220 breaker. The car has not beeped at me at all since I shocked it. It works great now. I just can't see the battery management screen with out the key turned on now. I like it the way it is now. No beeps no shut down, it just runs hard.

2/15/09 Technicians came to fix battery management screen.
4/15/09 Techs return to fix what was not complete on last repair.
5/5/09 Smoke come comes from console in between seats where gear selector is located. Similar to a lit cigarette.
5/15/09 Tech comes to repair area where smoke came from.
6/1/09 Air conditioner stopped working. EV Innovations instructed me to remove a air conditioning component (aluminum box) and ship it to them to test. Before shipping it, I plugged the box back in and tried the air conditioner and it worked. Reinstalled box and the air works great. I expect a connection came loose.
7/5/09 Car shipped back to NC for repairs due to leaking gearbox.
9/4/09 Received car, have not driven it yet but it looks like the car is not leaking trans fluid. When charging the car at 110 the car will only draw 2 amps, this equates to 2 miles per hour in range. To charge after going 100 miles range it would take 50 hours. Rendering charging at 110 virtually useless. At 220 the car draws 11 to 12 amps which equates to 16 miles per charging hour in range. To charge after going a 100 miles it would take 7 hours and 15 minutes using 220.
9/6/09 Put a 100 miles on the car since it's return and it works better than it did when I first got it. They put approx 300 miles on the car, testing after repairs. I was able to drive the car during all of these glitches except when it was out of the country and the smoking incident. I enjoy the car very much and think it was engineered very well but am very disappointed with it drawing only 3 amps when plugged into 110 for charging.
11/22/09 Car was shipped back to NC again because it leaked from the same spot in the gear box as 7/5/09. As of 1/18/10 still no word on shipping. Received car on 2/4/10 put 500 miles on it and on 2/12/10 a freind called me and said it left oil in his clean driveway. Gearbox is leaking again but not puddling over night yet. New scratches are on the paint from shipping or other.

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