Gav's EV Conversion - 23 - Living with an EV 4 (2 of 2)

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...Continued from Part One.
It's been a while but the Tredia's still kicking gas!
In the last six months the car's passed the 5000 kilometre mark without a single drop of gasoline. I also interview three other EV converters, and we finally get insulation and a heat pump (reverse cycle air conditioner thingy) installed in our icebox of a house! It's nice and warm now that's for sure.

The United States government has taken a jump to the left, and a step to the ri-i-i-ight has occured for New Zealand's new government (couldn't resist the Rocky Horror pun) so the global theme seems to be change, change, change.
Since the last video I've had a brief stint at advertising which was fun, I've topped up the water in the batteries twice, and the car finally has a CD player. Most importantly of all though, this video has been recorded in brilliant High Definition (and widescreen too) - see the difference?

Thanks to technology one of the people I interviewed was in another country - Australia! We set up a link and I was able interview the famous (but Australian) creator of EVCapri.com! Not only that but I celebrate the car's first birthday! Yup, as of the 23rd of November, the car has been powered up for exactly one year! Being such a monumental occasion I made a delicious birthday cake like no other. I might even upload the recipe if there's enough interest.

The 'Piece of Resistance' however, is the much talked about Bonus Video which appears near the end. It's not in high definition (filmed on the old camera) but the catchy song Chica Me Tipo by the American band Sublime more than makes up for it.

As for the fate of the Tredia and what will take it's place when it finally passes on? Only time will tell...

Cheers!
Gav

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Electric
• Car
• Conversion

[cant7think7clearly]

Hehe, yeah the next EV will take days, not months! Just gotta get a garage built first.

I was wondering what people thought about the cheesecake. Yum. You can really taste the asparagussy goodness.

(I'm joking, I wouldn't dare eat it)

[khristian49]

Nissan GTR EV

[khristian49]

Nissan GTR

[ManRayDali]

For the next conversion, I vote for a classic MINI.

They may not be very luxurious, but they are a lot of fun.

[ImYourLastResort]

Is it my imagination, or has the high pitch you would get at low speed (presumably due to the PWM of the DC motor controller) been reduced somehow? Did I miss something, have you made some changes?

Awesome video, it summarises the whole life of the project from oil burner through to successful EV. Congrats to you and Happy First Birthday to your ev.

[vincentyabes]

i cant find where did you make the air conditioning system run too...did have a separate motor for it??

[scootergrisen]

Congratulation on the HD camera it look realy great quality.

I hope you convert another car insted of buying i new electric car but hey dont blame you i you dont got the time.

Super videos you made realy interesting to se how you and your wife and friends do the stuff.

I would like to make a electric scooter my self if i had the money.

[nightmathzombieethan]

I haven't checked up in ages, but good job Gav!!! Good to see it's still running!

[slainwolf180]

rust can be fixed if you fix it early it is easier

[slh950]

um, great cake ... maybe the car would appreciate some body filler to repair the rust spots??

[r4nd0mn4me]

I was worried about rust, and before the Canadian dollar fell I was looking at getting an 81 DeLorean DMC-12 due to it's stainless steal and fiberglass construction. But it was going to stretch my credit to the max, and now it's just too expensive with my dollar worth 77 cents and people getting laid off left and right. I enjoy the fact you keep us up to date as how it's going, and I hope the rust is not too hard on you next year.