Battery Vehicle Society

Hi,

I have a prius as well and am happy for someone to pick it up from Basingstoke and use it on the run as I will be driving 'Eric' the electric (Berlingo), so my wife calls it, sorry him.

Regards,
Rob

Hi All, I am up for it in my Berlingo, so I can help with trasport of kit on the trip. My plans are -to go from Basingstoke to Clapham the night before and stay overnight recharging. -have great fun on the trip -head back to Basingstoke from Brighton. As Bighton to Basingstoke is just out of range f...

In order to make it easier to read and maintain I have copied (my) relevant entries from "FAQ: For Beginners" and "FAQ for beginners (under development)" to one of the following General Berlingo Electric Description Service Manual Owner's Manual Please feel free to contribute to ...

I'm pretty sure there is a way using a current coil around one of the motor wires I dont think will work as essentially the current to the motor is DC. You can only pick up current passing through wires using this method if the current is AC. This is why it would have to be something like a hall-af...

Hi, In order to capture the installation tips, etc in one easy to read place, I have created a Wiki site at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charger_installations_uk Can I suggest that we put details of installations and tips here so that it can be easily maintained. Please feel free to update (no accou...

After talking to someone about the affect of cold batteries, I am concerned about doing my long run (54 miles) in the winter. Has anyone thought about enhancing the plumbing to optionally route the heater around the battery coolant, to raise the battery temperature to 20 deg C in cold weather. Regar...

Hi John, So which EV is it you are collecting from Basingstoke ? Is it David Sheen's Berlingo ? as he lives about 1 mile away from me :-) Have you looked on http://www.ev-network.memberlodge.org as there is a public charge point at Sutton, East Sussex, SM1 1EA, but I guess that is a bit high for you...

I have just chatted to the curator at Milestone and he said:- a) they are thinking of doing a green show. b) they have had car shows in the past c) it only starts to cost money if a marquee was required. d) he would like to know how many vehicles we could supply, etc (well I can supply a Prius and B...

Yes, I agree about the web site and I have contacted them with no luck.

Regards,
Rob

Thanks for info. I didn't appreciate the large amount of info in the events page. Excellent, its really easy to use. The events page obviously details the firm events, however, it might still be worth having a thread or similar to cover project status similar to the following:- [Chineham Park Chargi...