| Owner | Paul Newman | ||||||
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| Location | Wootton, England United Kingdom map | ||||||
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| Vehicle | 1995 Skoda Favorit GLXie Flairline (originally!) A mid nineties Czech built 5 door hatchback, with engineering input from VW group who at the time owned around 70% of the company. Very similar in size and overall design to a Mk2 VW Golf/Rabbit | ||||||
| Motor | Advanced DC ADC FB1-4001A Series Wound DC This is the type of motor I need, I may well go with a nice used forklift motor of 8" to 10" diameter | ||||||
| Drivetrain | Front wheel drive 5 speed manual transmission | ||||||
| Controller | Curtis 1231C-8601 Or possibly 500A Open Revolt kit, or Chennic, yet to decide. | ||||||
| Batteries | 12 Elecsol EL135F , 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM Brand new range of Carbon Fibre VRLA Batteries with 7 year warranty, and no DOD limit! | ||||||
| System Voltage | 144 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Not yet known Not yet known, may well be Zivan NG3/NG5 or Chennic | ||||||
| Heater | 1500 watt 120v hairdryer body modified and installed in the heater duct in place of the original matrix, this will be activated by a microswitch when the heating lever is moved to hot and blower is also on. | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Not yet known Not yet known | ||||||
| Instrumentation | Standard ICE Rev counter to be coupled up to the motor. Battery voltage, 12v system voltage, battery & motor current via meters (using a switch to toggle between pack current and motor current via secondary shunt). Motor and controller temperature via meters. All instruments are digital LCD backlit. Additional Warning lights will show: Amber-drive system active warning, Red-precharge, Red-motor overtemp. warning. Also a nice display of 12, 10 led bargraph battery monitors as per James May's design in the centre console to monitor condition of each Battery for balance and sag under realtime use:) | ||||||
| Top Speed | 80 MPH (128 KPH) 80+ Estimate, have no idea as yet | ||||||
| Acceleration | Unknown, expect to be in the range of 13 to 16 seconds 0 to 60mph. | ||||||
| Range | 40 Miles (64 Kilometers) Unknown, but based on weight and cell type I'm hoping for a range of approx. 40 miles of mixed town and highway driving to 80% DOD. | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 240 Wh/Mile Again only an estimate based on the weight of the vehicle chosen | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 5 adults. | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 1,970 Pounds (895 Kilograms) Standard ICE kerb weight, expect finished EV kerb weight to be in the region of 2500 Lbs | ||||||
| Tires | Standard tyres on 13" light alloy rims. Will over inflate a little to 40psi to allow for extra weight and improve efficiency. | ||||||
| Conversion Time | Approx 70 hours to date, mainly cleaning up the donor to as new condition, then body modifications to accommodate the battery packs, instrumentation & heating. | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | Donor cost £225 Parts & materials to date approx. £800 Am expecting to spend an additional £3500-£4000 on parts & batteries | ||||||
| Additional Features | I chose this particular car as I like the slightly different (to west european) east European styling of the time. The build quality is also very good due to the VW input. It's also light weight and economical to start with on ICE, so I'm hoping for a good EV range. It also has light, non power steering. | ||||||
| So far, due to lack of funds at present I've concentrated on prepping the donor body, including cutting out for, fabricating and fitting the Battery boxes under the rear seat and in the luggage area. Also altered the dash to include the new instrumentation and manual safety cut off. Made and fitted the heating solution. Real work will start in earnest once I've saved enough to buy the motor, controller and other gear. I would be very pleased to hear from any EV'ers, especially locally to myself to share ideas and help :) | |||||||







