05.02.11

The Heater Continues

Posted in Accessories, Batteries, Design, Heater, High Voltage System, Low Voltage System at 3:38 pm by Administrator


Yesterday I met with Chad and we bench tested the heater for my car. It was a hack job in that we twisted wires together and set the elements in front of the blower assembly and powered the blower with a battery charger. We powered the elements from the 144VDC main pack. The results were pretty impressive we took measurements and calculated the amperage draw. When Chad left I started building my heater assembly. I had to cut, grind, and fit the elements into place but the result is worth the effort. The accompanying photos show what I mean.

04.22.11

Mirror Moves

Posted in Accessories, Design, Heater, Low Voltage System at 3:13 pm by Administrator

Today I am sitting in a hotel room at the Historic Sonora Inn. My room faces Washington Street and I can hear every car and motorcycle which drives by. I am trying to imagine what it would sound like if all of the cars and bikes were electric. I’ll bet I would be able to hear the birds.
Last night I chaired a meeting for Ca Central Valley Chapter of the Electric Automobile Association. We welcomed another new member and it seems we are getting one new member per meeting. I believe this number will grow exponentially with the price of gas. EV1E is is also growing exponentially. This week I added side rear view mirrors and got to test my windshield wipers in a real time wet environment and I might add they worked perfectly. Still working on the heater. My Idea is to have three circuits. The first one will will operate the blower motor the next one will operate the heater elements and the third one will be for an airflow sensing switch. The blower switch will be an ON OFF ON switch where the top will be high speed and the bottom will be low speed. Of course the center position will be off. The element circuit will be a switch which is connected to a contactor. The contactor activates the element circuit thus allowing 144VDC to go through the ceramic elements. The third circuit is for protection and prevention of meltdown. The airflow sensing device will detect if there is airflow in the duct and if there isn’t will shut the contactor off.

05.21.10

Ghost EV1E

Posted in Body and Fender, Design, Paint at 4:58 pm by Administrator

EV1E looks marvelous! She is in her ghost state and is awaiting the glass guy. Wed I will pick her up for testing. Enjoy the pics

04.08.10

Body Shop

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 8:26 am by Administrator


This is how EV1E looked today. Note the door jams and the lip around the headlight housing. Rigo is going to do a little more work on the headlight housing and prep it for paint. The directional lights have changed as well…more later.

03.29.10

Closing Those Gaps

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 12:43 pm by Administrator

Rigo and Fidel have been at it again. This is “Serious Rigo” standing behind his work.

03.17.10

My Green Car

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 10:55 am by Administrator


The guys have been busy over at Cars Etc. and I thought I would share the results! Look at the lines on this baby. The doors open and close with just two clicks and the doors are starting to look as if they came with the car. And look at those headlight housings…I’ll bet those lenses fit much better now. But stay tuned we have got even more surprises in store.
Thanks guys, way to go!!

03.15.10

More Sculpture

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 12:49 pm by Administrator


I must get some video footage on this so you can see how well these doors work. I never would’ve believed it possible. Here are the latest pics…

03.12.10

Getting There

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 3:11 pm by Administrator


I went to visit EV1E at Cars Etc. and found that Rigo has been at it again. This is a picture of the latest incarnation of the Tail section. Just a little more sculpting and this section of her will be a master piece.

03.05.10

Rigo’s Work in Progress

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 1:22 pm by Administrator


Today I went to Cars Etc to check up on EV1E’s progress and I discovered that Rigo was on vacation. Before he left though he was busy on EV1E. The doors are coming along just fine. They are a force to be reckoned with, and Fidel is just the guy to tame them. Booth doors latch now and open and close without obstruction.

02.26.10

Steadily Evenly

Posted in Body and Fender, Design at 7:56 am by Administrator


Yesterday when I went over to Cars Etc., I was shown by Fidel how well the passenger side door works now. It opens and closes. and latches completely, just like a real door! Meanwhile Rigo has started the tail lights sculpture and as you can see they are coming along beautifully!

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