340 Hp 4wd PROEV Lithium Polymer Electric car racing SCCA

PROEV Electric car in race test in SCCA road race (Moroso track, west palm beach), beating conventional gas cars. First electric car to win gas versions Full traction, two engines, running in this test at half power.
battery: 100Amps at 351.5 volts of KOKAM lithium polymer, storing 35kw of energy onboard. Batteries can supply peak discharges of 800 Amps (280kw)
more info in www.proev.com

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[Gruntol5]

- and when you run out of power, how long is your pitstop to refuel? 4-6 hours?

340 bhp against some small 4-cylinder cars, yet still unable to overtake them. Not that impressive.

[focovere]

It was running at half power. 340 bhp/2= 170 bhp....

[flee2010]

The reason it takes so long to refuel is because battery technology hasn't had anywhere NEAR the time or MONEY big oil has for research and production. Why can people like focovere do this but Ford,GM,etc etc can't/won't? Who is getting paid off?

[kreator83adam]

THE ELECTRIC MOTOR SOUND IS AMAZING :D ...LIKE TURBOJET :D or cosmic power :D

[superart01]

That looks really cool. I have a couple questions if you don't mind.

Are you getting 340 HP peak or continuous? From what I have researched the Seimens motors are only capable of about 90HP continuous. If it is peak, how long can you sustain that power?

Are you using a transmission or direct drive?

How much range do you get?

Have you implemented regen braking?

What controller are you using?

Thanks.

[Paxmax]

are you really sure about that:

watch?v=DzImGvY7e1Y

I agree, we still have some practical limits to range per day with the current way the city's are planned. but what if every parking meter also had a electrical output...? what if the auto industry really tried to mass produce parts...? ..but they do not.

[ez3usx2]

cool video thanks for posting it.death to the dirty oil company thugs!!!the world needs more people like you and less people who would throw sticks at people like you.good job i rate u a 5 star*****.keep up the good work your a good person.

have you seen the 59 lincoln neil young is converting to electric?instead of plugging it in to recharge you plug it in to power your house.check it out@lincvolt.

[shaurz]

Not really, you're comparing two fundamentally different things. Refuling is analagous to replacing the battery with another pre-charged battery, not recharging. You don't need conspiracy theories about big oil suppressing electric cars to account for the current limitations of the technology.

[videocruzer]

fucken red neck...

some mit guys have played with the chemistery from a123 systems and are pulling 200 and 400c from one 2.3amp cell.

thats 400 x 2.3= 920 amps from one 3.3 volt cell. they also can charge at 200 to 400c. for the retards out there thats 10 or 20 seconds. or 5 minites for a e car to charge with a 500+ mile range. word has it 2015/16 for commercial products.

[liberalxinxamericax]

running at half power = 170 hp and battery pack switchings don't take nearly 4 hours

[sm7tjc]

"Super capacitors" are coming rapidly. Soon you could have an electric car that can be charged in less than 2 minutes (If you have a source that can put out lots of current).

[AlRoderick]

The reason it takes so long to refuel is the voltage limit imposed by the grid. Lithium batteries can actually charge much faster, but the wall socket usually stops at 240V/30A max. Higher voltage plugs and appropriately-beefy chargers would do the job faster, but the electrical service available at the consumer level is too low-powered. The batteries in the Chevy Volt, due out next year from General Motors, could indeed charge in 30 minutes if high voltage service was available.

[markii63]

sounds almost like a real car *lol*