09.22.09
A short little jaunt
Yesterday and the day before I made two seperate trips, respectively. On sunday after I bolted in the drivers seat and secured the steering wheel properly, I drove approx 3mi one way, to my local Napa Auto Parts Store. I discovered that they close at 4PM on Sundays so I turned around and went home. The nice thing about driving EVIE which I noticed immediately is that when I let my foot off of the accelerator the state of charge gauge pegged above 100% which means that during that period of time, when I am using the inertia from the weight and velocity of EVIE, I am charging my batteries. When I got home I checked my state of charge and it appeared I only used about 10%. I did notice some brake noise during the trip, so I adjusted the brakes and tried again the next day. This time when I got back I had only used 7%. Both times I put the charger on the car and both times it took approx 2 hours to fully charge. While I was at Napa on Monday, a man named Jason, who was very interested in Evie informed me that CA law requires that I have bumpers. He told me about a Baja which he built and was told he needed bumpers. He told me about the design he used and it sounds perfect for EVIE. I will be posting a sketch of this design for all to peruse.
Until then… Back to the drawing board
Belia V. Hawkins said,
October 1, 2009 at 3:22 am
Yes, I am still following your site! But, what has happened since
9-22? What has happened for 8 days?
Administrator said,
October 2, 2009 at 7:48 am
Most of the last 8 days I have been working, to include two double shifts so I am afraid Evie is patiently waiting in my garage to be fitted for bumpers.
Than you for your readership.
Mark