After a trip to the local weighbridge, I now have the EV Grin!
... and in the excitement I forgot to take a photo or video. arrgh!
Front: 628kg - 41%
Rear: 916kg - 59%
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Total 1544kg.
The original dry curb weight was 1265. 58%F 42%R
279kg heavier
First run efficiency is 2.4kwh / 7.2km = 333kwh/km.
The silly thing with the Danfoss is that I think that the 2.4kwh includes driving and regen.
Points to note:
This is not counting regeneration.
I was driving quite aggressively, but not fast. Max speed was about 60kph.
I live at the top of a 100m hill.
The motor and controller were only warm to touch, even after a 100m climb in less than 1km.
Regen was set at 20% (3kw)/. I should be able to increase this to 66% (10kw) to have the diesel braking effect.
I have the tachometer reading kW but unfortunately it peaks at the motor maximum (15kw) so is not very useful. I will switch tacho back to RPM.
3 comments:
Malcolm,
This is truly an amazing achievement.
Cheers
Pete...
Hi Mal, Well done!
In reading previous posts, there's obviously a lot more in the VFD configuration thAn one might expect. Still some refining to go!
Also, here's a site which you may not have seen. While not totally releveant (different motor/inverter), there's a lot there http://www.metricmind.com/ac_honda/main2.htm
Hi Mal,
Good work, man- happy to see your rig on the road.
Good luck with the speed control driving- it takes a steady foot. I finally got the replacements for the IGBTs that I burned up, and am putting my inverter back together.
Cheers,
Will
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