[ausev] Commercial mini cooper conversion braking

[Jim Watson]

I was hoping to do this kind of thing to my truck. Only with a motor for the
front wheels and a motor for the rear wheels (its already four wheel drive).
1 battery pack a couple of ultra caps and a small generator for range. The
thing I couldn't get passed is the small generator. I have heard that they
release more emissions than a regular car. And how in the world would I
connect a motor to the front drive train and the rear??

Anyway, a motor in each wheel would be even better,... less moving parts. My
question is does the company that is retrofitting the cooper sell kits for
people like us?? I bet their controller is worth a lot of $$$$$. I would
like to know what the emissions of their generator are like compared to a
car's emissions?

Jim

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Marc Kohler <mkohler at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> This vehicle was never intended to go into production as configured like
> this concept vehicle.  As with all concept vehicles, anything goes.  It was
> purely a demonstrator to showcase the performance capability of wheel
> motors.  I believe there have been some other concept vehicles since that
> only use two of their wheel motors and keep the normal brakes, as they
> didn't require 0-60mph in under 5 seconds.
>
> Marc Kohler
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Bonard
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:20 PM
> To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
> Subject: [ausev] Commercial mini cooper conversion braking
>
> Don't panic!
>
> I read sometime ago that for this car, the kinetic energy recovery
> provides all the electric power needed to activate the motors in a
> braking mode.. The more intense the braking, the more power is available
> to stop the car.. This reminds me of the "wedge brake" principle in the
> old horse carriages, where the kinetic energy of the carriage was used
> (through friction) to further engage the wedge and further increase the
> braking. The only problem I see is that, like the Mini Cooper, there is
> no braking capability at (or near) zero speed.
>
> I do not know how many levels of redundancy they have. This will
> certainly be investigated during the car road worthiness certification
> process.
>
> Michael
>
> red scott wrote:
> > It's got NO BRAKES!!!!! What happens when you have an electrical failure?
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