#7) Project ForkenSwift electric car: battery pack hot swap!

http://www.ForkenSwift.com - Just for fun...

Q: how long does it take to swap out the car's 8 batteries with a fresh set?

A: a lot less time than it takes to recharge them!

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[ForkenSwiftDotCom]

30 to 35 km at city speeds. See the web site for more speed / distance info: ForkenSwift-dot-com

[DarkLinkAD]

Did you concider the old corolla, with its heavy iron block weighing in at 2200lbs.

Theres a lot of weight to be saved on this vehicle also.

[ForkenSwiftDotCom]

No - we intentionally chose the cheapest & lightest car we could find (both criteria happen to align frequently with old Metros). FYI, it weighs in at around 1700 lbs in gas engine form.

[4063614]

Do any body know what type of battery and what is the voltage and ah for each battery.

[ForkenSwiftDotCom]

They're Exide GC-5 225Ah 6volt flooded lead acid golf cart batteries.

[drumzz2109]

That is simply amazing. Thank you so much for the inspiration to get my project started. Great job. Pehaps a chapter on performance(Speeds, distances, etc). Ever thought about adding some solar panels to help keep that charge? Excellent !!!!

[ForkenSwiftDotCom]

You're welcome! And you're right: need to post some details about performance. It's pretty unimpressive on 48v with a 400A controller - 25 seconds to 50 km/h (30 mph). Solar would be sweet - super expensive, and won't contribute much to the total distance driven, but fun nonetheless.

[Blown75]

Great sequence of videos... you truly show it can be done and that as the project progressed more and more safety and acceptance for home builders is happening.. Nice work

[sixmagpies]

It is only chaps like you who will, eventually, manage to shame the cynical establishment ('OIL Co', GMC.etc ..and 'their' Government.) into offering appropriate products at a sensible cost ..... a technology which YOU have proven is quite possible as it's already here. Keep fighting the good fight.

"Evil prevails when good men do nothing". Well done sir.

[spudrust85]

why did you go with 6 volt battery's? Would 12 volt save space and weight?

[MrBry329]

i love the grand turismo 2 test music

[andrepatacchini]

c.o.n.g.r.a.t.u.l.a.t.i.o.n.s.­!.!.!

[Infernostar18]

Ok so my question is, why hasnt anyone figured how to rig up a bunch of alternators to the motor to charge the batteries as your driving? Say, you have 6 batteries and it takes one alternator to charge one battery. So what ya do is rig 6 alternators to some sort of pulley attached to the crank. When the motor turns, the alternators turn. The results? An  EV with infinate range. One of the problems? Prehaps the alternators not turning fast enough? CHANGE THE PULLEY DRIVE RATIO.

[tuguybear]

I phoned my insurance company.They said they wouldn't insure me if I converted to electric.The creeps.

[KinoFilm21]

Reminds me of playing GT4 )))))

[DingDongDynamo2010]

I like this concept!

[TheDoyleClan]

It's funny how the first video has about 137,000 views and this last one is down to 15,000. But it still shows there's a lot of use that are very interested in the future.

I would like to sincerely thank you and all your EV friends that helped with this project and shared how to do it.

Those of us watching this last video know how important what you have done is at so many levels.

I see you are from Canada. Where abouts?

Thanks again.

[aleon1018]

So easy, even a Canadian can do it.