TheSamba.com :: View topic - ICE Breaker - converting a 1967 split to electric drive

Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:14 am

BarryL wrote: That has front and rear power units with regenerative braking and charging right (without rereading)?
This version has a single rear motor and is limited to *just* ~300HP :lol:

The dual motor version is being developed in the far east... it has a bespoke chassis to handle ~1000HP in it's most extreme version :shock:

All the vehicles have regenerative braking, single/three phase AC charging and rapid DC charging.

Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:55 am

so much Tesla battery plumbing :)

Wed May 06, 2020 7:47 am

Lots electric car posts are being deleted and i'm not going to bother with this forum any more. Feel free to follow our progress on the Open Inverter forum;

https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=37

Wed May 06, 2020 9:15 am

that's unfortunate - what and why were things deleted?

Wed May 06, 2020 9:36 am

This member posted "electric car" videos all over the site that had nothing to do with the actual thread topic at hand or VWs.

It got reported by members... A LOT.

You can post about your Bus here - that is fine.

Nothing was removed from this thread and I don't believe anything was removed that was VW-related.

Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:09 pm

Kevin Sharpe wrote: Finally ready to install the cups, driveshafts, and fill up the transmission oil :D

Awesome build, Kevin.
Building something similar myself. The SDU can provide max 243lb*ft torque, can these handle that? What about the rest of the rear driveshaft?

Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:14 am

I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart 8)
If electric had the range, I might be swayed.

Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:55 am

Busstom wrote: I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart 8)
If electric had the range, I might be swayed.

Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.

Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though

Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:53 am

In my (very) younger days, mid to late 70s, when the energy crisis was in full swing i read all I could about those early elec cars. Then I figured why use batteries when you could just generate your own electricity in the car. Why not put a steam engine in it and let the steam engine generate electricity turning a generator. Which evolved in to using a stem turbine. I couldn't find anyone to sell me any plutonium to power my steam turbine. Maybe now with Amozon?

Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:36 am

to me range should not be an issue,,,but charging time and cost is.

When a full charge can be done in 3 minutes then we are talking. Before that... is just a bad joke.

Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:20 am

mandraks wrote: Busstom wrote: I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart 8)
If electric had the range, I might be swayed.
Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.
Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though
Can these electric VW Bus or Bug conversions do 250? I'm not talking about all the rest, those go without saying.

Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:39 am

Busstom wrote: mandraks wrote: Busstom wrote: I wondered why I hadn't seen this thread for so long. But I did notice all the unrelated posts/links which seemed to be an effort to convince this community that electric was superior (or, at least, desirable). After all, there's been a fair amount of bickering and negative feedback shunning the technology. Safe to say, this is the wrong crowd, for the most part.
Disclaimer: I'm a fossil-fuel burning enthusiast at heart 8)
If electric had the range, I might be swayed.
Vw bus has a range of about 250 miles. Electric can totally do that.
Personally i prefer the mechanical simplicity of the aircooled vw though
Can these electric VW Bus or Bug conversions do 250? I'm not talking about all the rest, those go without saying.

from page 3:

If we decide to fit just 10 of the 16 [Tesla] modules I predict the bus range will be ~180 miles.