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- Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:28 am
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: AC motor/controller sources
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22903
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:36 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: AC motor/controller sources
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22903
- Thu May 29, 2008 12:20 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Regenerative Braking/Decelleration??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18691
- Thu May 29, 2008 12:17 pm
- Forum: All things battery related
- Topic: Nanosafe(TM) batteries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6769
Nanosafe(TM) batteries
Anybody know anything about these "nanosafe" batteries - they sound good but probably exhorbitant....... http://www.altairnano.com/documents/NanoSafeBackgrounder060920.pdf http://www.lightningcarcompany.co.uk/ the car looks nice too - but they want a 15 grand deposit - you'd have to be bar...
- Tue May 20, 2008 12:08 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Two- or three-speed gearbox?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 45604
Your efficiency figures for the motor look so good I wonder if you'll really need liquid cooling? the reason for liquid cooling is mainly so I can use the original heater matrix for demisting, also it should make the inverter design a bit easier. The motor efficiency figures neglect core losses and ...
- Tue May 20, 2008 9:21 am
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Two- or three-speed gearbox?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 45604
- Mon May 19, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Two- or three-speed gearbox?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 45604
yeah Malcolm, it will be a liquid cooled mosfet inverter (both firsts for me....) (I do industrial IGBT inverters for my day job). My motor is a standard 5.5kW TEFC induction motor, I had it rewound by ASK rewinds in Altham to 70V - that cost me £250. I'm converting the motor to liquid cooling by...
- Mon May 19, 2008 11:45 am
- Forum: Cars,Vans and other road vehicles
- Topic: Two- or three-speed gearbox?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 45604
- Fri May 02, 2008 12:36 pm
- Forum: Hot off the press....
- Topic: BVS at the Green Power Corporate Challenge
- Replies: 21
- Views: 42962
The average speed of the winning car at the weekend was just over 30mph. That includes mandatory pitstops and battery/driver changes. The winning car has averaged 32mph over the 4 hrs. The old streamliner distances only look impressive because they used to be 6 hour races - in fact the record distan...
- Thu May 01, 2008 9:59 am
- Forum: Home Energy Area
- Topic: Is this the holy grail......?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 28893
Is this the holy grail......?
New solar PV technology - claim cost down to 1% silicon and efficiency up to 25%
I wonder when we'll be able to buy these....
http://www.eetimes.eu/207403402
Bob
I wonder when we'll be able to buy these....
http://www.eetimes.eu/207403402
Bob