Re: EV1 On Campus!!!

["Lawrence Rhodes" <bassoon@jps.net>]

If all that is missing is the batteries there are several options.
Panasonic High density at 300 a piece.  The Nickel Zinc batteries.  Olaf
might even still have some 8v Delphi batteries that will fit.  He is in your
area.  Good luck.  Lawrence Rhodes.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Murray" <sethm@WPI.EDU>
To: "EV List" <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: EV1 On Campus!!!


> Hi All -
>
> Here is the promised WPI EV1 update!  There is in fact an EV1 here in
> Worcester, Mass, which I had a good look at today.  Apparently it was
> donated to the school last year "For Research Purposes Only" with all
> of the design books and drawings.  There are entire books on the each
> system in the vehicle - very interesting stuff.  As for the vehicle,
> the VRLA battery pack was removed and the cables cut.  I was told that
> the controller had been also been removed but it is very much still in
> the car.  Cosmetically, it is in perfect condition - there is not a
> scratch on the plastic body or underbody, the tires are still all
> shiny, and the inside is flawless as well.  It doesn't look like it was
> ever even driven.  The 12 volt system is still installed and works.
> This car is gorgeous!
>
> As far as I know, there are no major plans for the car yet.  There are
> 3 or 4 seniors this year who are going to be designing (but not
> installing) a hybrid system for the EV1 (horrors!).  They are going to
> consider the usual hybrid fuels - hydrogen, gas, etc, although my first
> impression is that they don't know much about this sort of thing - they
> were looking through a catalog of cheap homeowner generators.  The
> comfort is that they won't be doing anything to the actual car anytime
> soon, although who knows what will happen to it down the road?  I am
> going to do my best to keep the car as is until I figure out if there's
> any way to get it going again as an EV.  I sat in the car and had a
> good look at it - what a beatiful piece of engineering!  It is so
> well-done.  It's a crying shame to have such a fantastic car sitting in
> a garage one block away from my dorm and not be able to do anything
> with it.    However, WPI is very open to students proposing and
> carrying through on their own projects, so I am going to see what I can
> do.  There are a lot of motorsports guys here and I know that if I were
> to start some EV club or something, as long as whatever we were doing
> went fast I would have plenty of interest.  The facilities and
> available skills here are incredible - students built car engines and
> formula racers and everything from scratch.  This is going to be a lot
> more fun than my garage at home!
>
> Apparently, the designer of the EV1's body is coming to speak here at
> the school sometime in the near future, so I'm looking forward to that.
>   It will be very interesting to talk to him.  Anyway, the long and
> short of this message is that we do in fact have an EV1, and it is in
> gorgeous condition.  *At first glance* all it is missing is the
> batteries.
>
> -Seth
>
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