EVRIC - 14 - EV Conversion - Driving the EV

This is the 14th part of the EVRIC Holden Barina EV Conversion series.
The car drives like a dream... except for the rattle in the passenger's door. (I'll fix that soon.)
Come on a journey with me around the suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.
Note: The ZEVA MC600S controller is now installed and working great !

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[moviewatcher1024]

Good day mate. Thanks for the tour of beautiful downtown Adelaide. Does your car have regenerative braking? Very nice work!

[evric2008]

@moviewatcher1024 - This a DC system with no regen. The only time I miss it is going down hill - there is is no braking effect, so the brakes are used a lot in this situation On the plus side I coast for kilometres sometimes - zero amps !

[pyro23281]

how much does it cost you to run?

[evric2008]

@pyro23281 - Hi, It costs me about 1.2 cents per Km.

[evric2008]

The range is about 85Kms (53miles) taking the batteries down to 20% state of charge. My daily usage is usually much less than that.

[evric2008]

Thanks Floyd,

It cost $660.00 for the Engineers report (this is about the lowest to expect, if the engineer has to do a lot of work it can be up in the thousands) and $221.00 for the "Regency Park" Department of Transport inspection. No extra charges to have it registered as "Electric". The Registration certificate now shows "Electric" as the Engine Number.

[ProtocolsMaster]

how many mile you get in the city on one charge

[evric2008]

@paker51 - Yes, I was starting in second, then changing to third, but with careful driving there's not a lot of difference in current drain. I just like...not having to change gears.

[paker51]

Have you tried shifting from second to third to keep the amp draw down?

[kylehondarider]

@evric2008 We're still soldering the controller up, nearly all the components are in the driver board. I should post an update.