Rich Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 https://www.ne-motorsalvage.co.uk/salvage-vehicles/details/VOLKSWAGEN-LUPO-3-DOOR-HATCHBACK/3659 Probably worth the bottom figure to transplant into something else. DC/DC (ugh) is 250 ISH to buy Other bit I can't remember is $700 Batteries are about £250 ish shopping about for all four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Wont go far or fast on them batteries. Would be interested to know what motor though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupo1.0se Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 I am sure this appeared on here before. It was another person who posted it. I like the idea but it needs more development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Needs lifting out and putting in a 6n2 with double batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 I was thinking about doing an EV in either an old polo breadvan or mk1 twingo (looks right for an ev IMO). There was a guy on ebay in the US who went by the id blackdog who had a bunch of NOS ev1 motors. Syncronous things, AC rotary field theory, where you speed up the rotary mag field if you want to up the revs. Kinda like a washing machine motor (but bigger= 18kW continuous), which instead of running at 50Hz, you vary the ac frequency from DC (with current limiting) to about 4kHz for max speed. Apparently, way way more efficient than using DC motors. Thing i love about EVs is that you can over-rate an electric motor by loads for brief periods. So a small 15kW motor can take being run at 150kW for a few seconds. Like having a moped engine that can belt out Bentley power.... just long enough to do silly 0-60 times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 I don't think it's a bad idea.... But that looks lethal. The wiring in that engine bay...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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