| Owner | Eric Nadeau | ||||||
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| Location | LaPlaine, Quebec Canada map | ||||||
| Web/Email | WebPage | ||||||
| Vehicle | 1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA | ||||||
| Motor | Brushless DC custom built multiple field rare earth permanent magnet.this motor can reduce power consumption according to speed and load via control unit. | ||||||
| Controller | custom built for our motor | ||||||
| Batteries | 12 nautilus, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM canadian tire nautilus marine deep cycle provided as sponsoorship from canadian tire | ||||||
| System Voltage | 120 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | custom built in vehicule to use standard 120volt 15amp house plug. Direct pwm gives 99% efficiency.The battery are equalized with bms modules mounted on top of battery. | ||||||
| Heater | dc-dc motor for ventilation 1/10 current compare to stock and kerosene or biodiesel autonome heater , for next winter | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | not needed we will use 2 batteries installed in the 2 original location in the engine bay. | ||||||
| Instrumentation | adapted original , oilpressure will become current drain ,temp will be motor ,fuel will be traction battery voltage and the rest will function as original.may install extra battery monitoring | ||||||
| Top Speed | the first generation motor is design for range but i will build high output unit after testing is over | ||||||
| Range | aiming for 60 miles with low power agm batteries and 400 miles on lithium. | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | first low voltage test resulted in very high efficiency , a 500watts power drain got the car to 10kph on the road.second test with updated controller at 1kw gave 25kph and no perceptible heat from motor or controller. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 4 adults , trunk area free for luggage | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 0 original was 3230lbs may decrease a little bit. | ||||||
| Tires | 225/55/17 avid t4 | ||||||
| Conversion Time | in progress,few hundred hours of pleasure | ||||||
| Conversion Cost | this project is intended to produce an high efficiency drivetrain to be mass produced at low cost. | ||||||
| Additional Features | manual steering rack and racing brake system. all lights are leds except headlamp wich are hid. home made sub frameconnector attach to bmr track pak to hold and adjust differential.bmr cross member with aarm. bmr panthrd rod and control arm.strange aluminium shock in back and kyb in front.standard firebird seats. | ||||||
| The conversion is in progress, I will add precise data in every completed step on my personal web site. We will compete in the progressive auto xprize. | |||||||
1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA
“Prototype 1 EVGTA”
(under construction)
Last Updated 09-21-2008
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