Unfortunately , its still vaporware.
Their website is still under construction, so there is no information about the products, no weight, no specs, no costs, no dimensions, no interface details, what existing ICE parts are replaced just for starters.
Having been stupid enough to embark on a conversion, I can tell you its a hideously complex mess, and if I had known what I was getting myself in for, would not have undertaken it.
Mick
Unfortunately , its still vaporware.
Their website is still under construction, so there is no information about the products, no weight, no specs, no costs, no dimensions, no interface details, what existing ICE parts are replaced just for starters.
Having been stupid enough to embark on a conversion, I can tell you its a hideously complex mess, and if I had known what I was getting myself in for, would not have undertaken it.
Mick
And a VW beetle is supposed to be one of more simple EV conversion projects.... theoretically.
I suspect the ones who have done it 5, 10 15 times have sorted out the issues you have wrestled with and come up with solutions. Doing it one off even with a strong engineering/ mechanical background would not necessarily give you that knowledge.
Sounds like my project, which I bought 13 years ago, because I thought I would get bored in retirement.if I had known what I was getting myself in for, would not have undertaken it.
Mick
So have you actually started retirement yet?Sounds like my project, which I bought 13 years ago, because I thought I would get bored in retirement.
I know i feel busier in retirement than ever as i tackle even more projects..doing jn a year what i did in 10 while consulting.but still keen on buying the skeleton of a farm buggy and transform it into an EVSo have you actually started retirement yet?
mick
Yes I retired in 2011, bought a 1955 BMW R25/3 to restore, I have stripped it now, I just have to rebuild, renew and fix it. The last person butchered it, so it will take a concerted effort and my wife to reduce her passion for travel.So have you actually started retirement yet?
mick
About same, https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/9f3a3b986c0bdb8767927e78ab4d4ce7Interesting Hertz is getting out of EV rentals.
Hertz loses $2 billion, largely because of electric cars
Hertz has posted its fourth loss in a row as it slashes its fleet of Tesla and Polestar electric cars.www.drive.com.au
Plenty of cross reference to EV 's ;
Some people here may know of J B Straubel? The following is a post US election sit down with one of humanities and Industries better heads.
If It doesn't load, search on Youtube at the Redwood Materials
I subscribe to Redwood... The link I posted has only been up for 5hrs. It maybe the case that 'BenchMark Week Fireside 2024, Redwood Materials' Youtube is being held back for wider viewing .I found these -
Well I guess we just keep digging, until we run out. LolFor Mr @sptrawler :
In french but you can google the company
Northvolt 9 billions € raised, born 2016, cheapest power (hydro) in SwedenLa spectaculaire sortie de route de Northvolt, le pionnier européen des batteries pour voiture électrique
DÉCRYPTAGE - L’entreprise suédoise, qui serait à la recherche de 300 millions d’euros, a demandé son placement sous la protection de la loi américaine sur les faillites. Une situation qui illustre les difficultés des acteurs européens.www.lefigaro.fr
To become the EU battery star manufacturer.
Bankrupt 8 years later..
Thanks God our taxes did not go to build a copycat here, with most expensive power, total absence of skills and brains and no local car manufacturers market .
Yes until we are too broke, but better than being broke earlier .Well I guess we just keep digging, until we run out. Lol
Meanwhile keel buying Chinese batteries made from our raw materials.
I read up on your Northvolt mob, they were trying to start a battery manufacturing business from scratch, to compete with the established players.Yes until we are too broke, but better than being broke earlier .
We can do agriculture, fishing, add value there..and of course intelligent mining, developing mining tech while we can have an edge.
Where do we have an edge? Space, and land water..and yes we have water, travel to Spain Sahara or Arizona New Mexico to see dry countries.
But yes we need infrastructure road rail airports and of course dams, pipes
If anyone is aware of any other areas we can have an edge, add it.
But only the incentives would make it worthwhile, and you know it.I read up on your Northvolt mob, they were trying to start a battery manufacturing business from scratch, to compete with the established players.
I actually suggested incetiviesing an established manufacturer building a plant here, I didn't suggest we start from scratch and develop the technology, that would be stupid, as Nothvolt has proven.
I would think as we produce most of the ingredients for grid scale batteries and process them up to spec here, it would be that difficult to encourage a major manufactur to build a plant here if the incentives were there.
Mercedes Reinvents Brakes For EVs, Puts Them Inside The Drive Unit
The manufacturer says in-drive brakes could provide a lifetime braking solution for electric vehicles with multiple advantages.
The vast majority of cars have outboard brakes that are connected to their wheel hubs, and only a handful come with inboard brakes. Mercedes has taken things one step further and put the brakes inside the housing of an electric vehicle’s drive unit, and it’s touting multiple advantages, including never having to service the brakes for the lifetime of the car.
- Mercedes has developed a new in-drive braking system touted as having several significant advantages.
- It is "virtually maintenance-free," traps brake dust, is better for the environment and promises to eliminate brake fade.
- The system is currently being tested with no clear time frame for a production application.
Electric vehicles can use their motors to slow down, not only saving their friction brakes from wear but also putting electricity into their battery pack. Various companies have proposed different types of brakes for EVs, from Continental’s ultra-think mountain bike-like disks to the drum brakes that Volkswagen equips all vehicles built on its MEB platform, like the ID.4 or Audi Q4 E-Tron.
VW argues that even in its EVs with over 300 horsepower, drum brakes are sufficient for the rear. Most of the braking is done by the front brakes anyway, so going back to this older style of brakes (which is cheaper than disk brakes) is one way VW has adapted its vehicles for electric propulsion.
Mercedes has now taken this one step further with its in-drive brakes. However, it hasn’t simply taken a traditional disk or drum brake setup and put it inside the drive unit. It completely reimagined braking, and in the version of the system they showed us in Stuttgart last week, the disk is water-cooled and it doesn’t spin, and the brake pad is circular and it spins with the motor.
There is no traditional caliper either and scrubbing speed is achieved by pushing the circular brake pad onto the stationary disk. Mercedes says this system shouldn’t require service for the lifetime of the vehicle and all the brake dust it generates is kept inside the system in a compartment that doesn’t need to be emptied.
The upcoming Euro 7 (EU7) emissions standard doesn’t just look at tailpipe emissions. It also takes tire and brake particulate emissions from vehicles into account, so keeping brake dust from going into the environment will become more of a talking point in Europe once EU7 comes into force in 2026.
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