Battery Vehicle Society

"It has been announced that next year's TT races will include a race for 'clean emissions motorcycles' It is expected that the majority of these will be battery powered The event will be run after the main TT next June and will include two classes, a pro class where there is no limit on R&D...

From memory the legal requirement is only that you provide "adequate-demisting" or words to that effect: In some 50's cars adequate demisting was a duster! From that point of view the best solution would be a quick clear windscreen (if avaialable for your car) and a coat! I would consider ...

Connaught engineering have announced a bolt on hybrid system for diesel Ford Transit and Mercedes Sprinter vans. http://www.connaughtengineering.com/ An 8.7kW electric motor/generator charges a super capacitor during regenerative braking via an automatic clutch and varriable ratio transmission. On a...

http://www.whatvan.co.uk/newvans_s.asp?id=5176 and page down to the item "Tofas Triplets" Developed by Microvet, the new small van uses a 30kw motor and performance is claimed to be Acceleration: 0-50km/hr 7 seconds Max Speed: 80 km/hr Range: 100km Recharge Time: 3 Hours No indication if i...

And in particular you might like to look at Rich Rudman's electric fiesta drag racer http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/599 You might also find it useful to look at Jerry Halsteads EV building blog. While this is quite old now it talks one through the steps involved quite well. It also has some good li...

Germany is inter - EU so courier is no problem (except possibly for price!!) .....unless you are wanting to bring something particularly big or hazardous (like a battery pack). The only complication is VAT. I think you have to buy stuff VAT free and then pay UK VAT on import. Courier will usually ar...

No prices mentioned, It just says send him the vehicle serial number & build year and the part number of anything you want and he will advise. I guess that you could follow enough German to understand that he had recently obtained a 1999 Partner (15000km) and Blingo (18000km) with mechanical dam...

Just in case no one has noticed this

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Geoff

I came accross this while looking for something else. http://www.elektroauto-forum.de/Kleinanzeigen/index.php?id=7 You may know it already, but if not it might be a good opportunity for anyone needing Blingo parts. They claim to speak English, but I could probably help with translation if necessary....

Continuing on the theme of LCV's with Zebra batteries there is also Modec: I'm not sure if they have previously been highlighted on the forum. http://www.modec.co.uk/ and http://www.whatvan.co.uk/newvans_s.asp?id=5032 50mph & 100 miles/charge from £32k + battery lease charge. Private company ...