Electric Car Conversion

	Duration: 02:39 minutes Upload Time: 07-04-24 14:10:05 User: revgadget :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Reverend Gadget of Left Coast Electric converts a Triumph Spitfire to a battery electric car
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ripperarn ::: Favorites hey terrorist if you know so damn much where is your electric car and videos of it 07-09-25 01:33:21 __________________________________________________
ripperarn ::: Favorites wow there was no information in this video at all and no substance especially if this is the only video you have someone needs to just make a video on here about how to do things step by step and where they got the parts 07-09-25 01:30:59 __________________________________________________
athlonz2007 ::: Favorites Toxic everything i like this lol 07-09-01 23:13:52 __________________________________________________
zigadabooga ::: Favorites Yes that's true plus the comment system on here is hard to follow who's responding to whom unless you click on view all... 07-07-25 00:49:31 __________________________________________________
terrorist420x ::: Favorites I was trying to differentiate between consumption measured from the batteries(important for calculating range) and consumption measured from the electrical outlet(important for calculating total energy consumed). It's hard to adequately and accurately answer peoples' questions with a 500 character limit per post. Your 'tank to driveline efficiency' is pretty accurate. Way better than an internal combustion engine car. 07-07-25 00:18:58 __________________________________________________
zigadabooga ::: Favorites Hmm I've got AGM at 90-95% and Li-ION at 99%... anyways you were talking about charging efficiency in your comment before, if you meant charging and storing efficiency then those are two different things... There's also motor controller and motor loses as well, so might as well quote the tank to driveline efficiency... for modest system it's 62-77% 07-07-25 00:08:53 __________________________________________________
terrorist420x ::: Favorites PFC chargers by Manzanita Micro fare better, and AC Propulsion's chargers fare better still(95%+). There's not just charger losses, but battery losses. Look at the studies detailing Southern California Edison's RAV4 fleet and 75% is about what they got. Granted, NiMH batteries are one of the least efficient batteries when charging, and > 75% charge efficiency is easily beat. But 75% efficient is currently about the norm. Flooded batteries charge at 80% efficiency, AGMs ~85-90%, Li Ions ~95%. 07-07-24 23:43:04 __________________________________________________
terrorist420x ::: Favorites Well, most gas cars currently on the road can't go 400 miles, but if you look at consumer reports and stuff, you'll find that most new cars are now doing > 400 miles per tank. whatever the case may be, 150 miles range is certainly enough for a mass market electric car(doable with NiMH batteries in the mid 1990s), and even 80 miles range would be enough range for hundreds of thousands of Americans to switch to an electric car(doable with lead acid batteries for the last century). 07-07-24 23:36:48 __________________________________________________
zigadabooga ::: Favorites Zivan charge controllers are 85-90% efficient... 07-07-24 23:17:12 __________________________________________________
zigadabooga ::: Favorites I was hinting that 'DdgeShelby' doesn't need to wait for an electric car to get 400 miles since most gas cars don't get 400... And yes hybrids get a lot of mileage due to electric motors and batteries... 07-07-24 23:10:55 __________________________________________________