Electric Cars for Everyone

When it comes to EVs, some back-yarders may well be up there with the Harold Lloyd types, dangling on a high voltage precipice. What am I on about? You’ll recall my expensive BMS master controller I griped on about some time ago – it handles the high current charging brought into the car via a [...]

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written by Carmel Duryea Morris \\ tags: battery, Curtis, charger, controller, DC-DC converter, ev, Fuel, ICE, Thundersky, Zilla

The guard on my car needs a fix after a bump – oops – a simple job one would expect, but shopping around for a good panel beater is difficult as most don’t want to guarantee their workmanship on anything that could bring on the slightest hint of rust. I have a spare guard but [...]

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written by Carmel Duryea Morris \\ tags: Batteries, battery, battery pack, charger, Electric Car, ev, Ford, Fuel, motor, Starion, Thundersky, Zivan

My Airpax breaker, the main breaker switch, now has a busted switch-arm (I’ll save you the painful images). Just a few test throws under tension, the supposedly strong Bakelite switch arm shattered. The Airpax breaker is expensive, and we’ll have to see if it’s still under warranty as I paid for this some time ago. [...]

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written by Carmel Duryea Morris \\ tags: Batteries, battery, Carmel Duryea Morris, charger, Echo, ev, ICE, lithium, MiEV, Mitsubishi, Starion, video, Zilla

While my car waits for some final parts, the Echo conversion is progressing well and we hope to have it drivable very soon. There’s an EV show coming up and the Echo will be perfect for it, taking pride of place amongst the smaller vehicles and some funny guys riding funny go-carts etc – yet [...]

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written by Carmel Duryea Morris \\ tags: Batteries, battery, charger, conversion, Echo, electric starion, ev, Getz, hybrid, ICE, lithium, motor, Starion, Yaris

Funny how some humans have such short term cerebral attributes. Maybe it’s because we’re all so busy worrying about today (nothing new there). Yes the price of gas has gone down and yes the global economic downturn is responsible. Hmmm…, conundrum, which came first; the oily chicken or the oily egg? Continue reading »

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