Full Electric Car Home Conversion - 1988 Pontiac Fiero Part 3

[pkmusicproject]

Wow, great work! I'm late to this but isn't it possible to use 1 of more small magnetic motor(s) in conjunction with spinning parts (drivetrain or axle) to charge the batteries while you are driving? If you could, wouldn't it be possible to use less batteries?

[daswada9]

30 miles thats pathetic

[seven7arrows]

Glad I waited for the bloopers. I waited three full videos to see you smile. Thanks for sharing your project.

[monkeyron]

LucasEV1

The new Permanent Magnet DC electric motors are far better today and coupled with our Future Generator the Range would be thousands of miles.

Good Job,

Plasmerg.com for info on this new design.

M~R

[advthinker]

Nice ride! Now with all the electric car buff,s out there, someone should be thinking like ben franklin. he charged up accumulators. and killed pigs with the charge stored in them, and to think we were only taught about the kite and key affair. what if we could charge up the moderen battery the same way? and put the ions in as we take them out. and run a two batt system. as one is used the other is charging. and then back to a full charged one? find a howard sams electostatic manual. and enjoy!

[pjasonq]

I added your car to my blog. Would you happen to have more details and pictures of your electric Fiero? evreport.com/2011/03/04/1988-p­ontiac-fiero-electric-conversi­on/

[LucasEV1]

@pjasonq My EV album page might have some additional info (evalbum com/2770) but if you have any specific questions just send me a message.

[salemcripple]

what's the range at 60 mph?

[LucasEV1]

@salemcripple I have not tested it but I imagine it would be the same or a little better than the 30 mi range I got when I tested it in mixed driving conditions.

[salemcripple]

@LucasEV1 that's not bad. still i got 35 miles one way, all highway in the mountains. Was tossing around the idea of turning my civic into an electric, but i might have to wait for better batteries i guess :-\

[graywackeknifebdr]

The Oil companies are trying their best to stop free energy ideas from spreading to common ppl.

We need to put an end to this corruption ,start generating your own electricity now.

Visit LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM and get the blueprints . Join the Revolution!!

[LucasEV1]

@graywackeknifebdr There is no free energy. But the power of the electric motor is versatility and efficiency. You can power an electric motor with a gas generator, solar from your roof as I do, hydrogen fuel cell, nuclear from the grid, coal, hydro, geothermal, wind etc. The only problem is storage. And even this issue can can be circumvented with some creative solutions.

[vargodoom]

did you ever have to replace the shocks and struts? cause of the weight difference?

[LucasEV1]

@vargodoom Well not yet but It is the probably the next upgrade. Its definitely lowered a few inches so I need to either get stiffer springs that would bring it up to stock hight or dedicated lowering struts so I don't blow my stock ones.

[theelementpush]

thats nasty, how much does the whole car weigh in pounds? and somday youll see my video in a rear wheel conversion vwjetta electric

[LucasEV1]

@theelementpush "I'm not exactly sure but I estimate about 3600 lbs" Good luck with your jetta I look forward to seeing it. Comment here when you finish or if you have any questions because I would love to see your conversion.

[Ba1100ns]

don't forget ... no oil changes .. air filters

[byondspun]

nice video... hideous music

[LucasEV1]

What, you no like a little Aesop Rock or JMT? Whatever, haha. To each his or her own.

[2550osiosterdalen]

I know of a guy who have invented a electronic battery controller for lead acid batteries. In simple means it take power from one or two batteries of at the time, of a total of lets say 10 batteries. About 2 seconds of drawing and 8 seconds rest for each battery. The batteries that are resting is connected together in parallell, and the batteries working is taken out of the system by mos-fet transistors. He gets almost triple energy out of the batteries that way! He won a price for it as well.

[lpgas1]

great work mate. i love it! just one question, do you find you get better range on the open road or stop start traffic? its just i think mine goes further if i'm not stopping all the time at intersections. taking off is a real amps sucker! awesome videos mate!

[LucasEV1]

Definitely better mileage when I'm cruising on the open road at a constant speed. Like you said whenever I start from a dead stop the ammeter just pings at 300 or 400 amps and then drops once I pick up speed. So what is your conversion? Do you have some vids or pics?

[lpgas1]

yeah just look under my user name on here and you'll find some. i even made it on to the national new last year. thats on here too. the program is called " a current affair " which i thought was apt when talking about electric cars! haha!

[TheBuIIshitable]

$6000++?? you will never make that money back in gas savings.

[LucasEV1]

Its not all about the monetary return. I could think of a lot of worse things you could spend 6 grand on.

[55okrM2]

I was thinkin the same thing.

[BikerTrashWolf]

@TheBuIIshitable I could see saving 6000 dollars in fuel easily. If I got a car that got 40 mpg just that would save me nearly 200 dollars a month, that would make it 2400 dollars a year, 6 thousand dollars would be saved in just about 28 months if I am figuring right in my head. Then if you look at an electric car, what does it cost to charge one money wise? 4 bucks? if you can get 100 miles to a charge that would be like getting 75 mpg and you would break even even faster.

[TheBuIIshitable]

@BikerTrashWolf wow. you have too much time on your hands my friend.

[V8Fiero2M8]

Nice video. It should get more views. The only problem is small range on charge up. There could be a system where if you're parked and you pay at the parking meter, you could plug in your car and pay at the same time for charging up. It would be as easy as setting up new parking meters and hooking them up to infrastructure of electricity already there. In EU parking meters take debit cards so this would be like paying at a pump. Very simple and would solve part of the problem.

[llewgnal]

Kona

[paddy0726]

you ruined a very great car!!!

[LucasEV1]

I respectfully disagree......

[ChrisLuxembourg]

"you ruined a very great car"?????

NO, THE GREAT CAR IS TUNED INTO A HIGH-END CAR WITHOUT CLAMOR & EXHAUST!

[MostExcellentDude]

Great job with the fiero!

I'm curious as to what the car's final weight is?

How much did the swap cost a do-yourselfer such as your self.

Is it difficult to shift gears on the fly?

If you ever want a shorter shifter arm, you can buy a bolt with the same thread at the hardware store and cut the welds on the old stick and weld the shorter bolt on.

[LucasEV1]

I'm not exactly sure but I estimate about 3600 lbs. When I get a chance I'm going to take it to a truck scale and find out for sure. The conversion was about $6,000 not including the car, and the batteries. There is no clutch so shifting up takes about 2 times as long as before the conversion and downshifting requires rev-matching.

[azmrtwo]

Great Job! What is the range per charge, how long does it take to recharge, and how many recharges are the batteries good for?

[LucasEV1]

So far the max range is 30 miles. Though it takes about 40 charge cycles to fully condition the batteries so I think after that I should be able to get about 40 miles. From a full discharge it takes about 8 hrs but for usual driving drain it takes about 5 hrs. The charge cycles can be anywhere from 800-1600 charges. Age and depth of discharge make a big difference in the total amount of charge cycles for the life of a battery.

[ass486]

where did you get the motor and how powerful is it?

[LucasEV1]

I bought most of the EV parts (including motor) from Electric Vehicles of America (evamerica "dot" com). The motor has a continuous rating of 30 hp and a peak rating of about 100 hp.

[Asteris123]

awesome

[lakesmom]

fantastic job. watched all your videos. very well done. i have a 1986 fiero v6 and your video makes me want to convert mine. i just dont think i have the patience you demonstrated, or the expertise. waiting to see more about your conversion.