Dacia Spring, cheap electric car

 

We need desperately good, functional, and cheap electric cars here!

The Dacia Spring is based on Renault Kwid, launched 2015 for the Indian market. A very cheap model.

It becamed updated with better safety a few years lator for the Chinese market. They also improved the technology and gave it a fully electric power source.

Aircooled batterypack.

You can hear the servo motors when turning the steering wheel.

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Chinese almost perfect city car

Leap T03 (leapmotors)

55 kW Motor, topspeed limited to 62 mph or 100 km/h

36.5 kWh battery

8year or 150 000 km warranty

Liquid cool battery.

Extender battery installation on Nissan Leaf

 

EV mods: preparing the Leaf for an extender battery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3jaGtkyxvA

EV Mods: installing my first extender battery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9knihRoyo4

EV Mods: Extending my extender + range test!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSqGBPBxfUE

Nissan Leaf: Försök hitta en 2013 om du ska uppgradera inverter

 Upgrade inverter on Nissan Leaf 2013

I den här vidoen pratar Darla om att uppgradera invertern på sin Nissan Leaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGBA8VPWwIg

Performance upgrade for the LEAF, [Part 1] Inverter upgrade

Den verkar ganska lättmekad.

+30kW performance by replacing the stock inverter with a 2018+ one.

Ser mer genomtänkt ut på 2013..

Bild från: https://www.johnsavesenergy.com/nissan-leaf-2012-vs-2013

Det behöver vara 2013 för att säkringen ska hålla på batteriet. Går alltså inte att göra på en 2011 eller 2012 årsmodell.

Invertern måste byta koppling från fyrkant till runt. Koppla rätt färg vid konvertering. En kabel är annorlunda. Lila orange tror jag (se video).

EM57 motor

From the videon by Benjamin N: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-hfJw2fMI

Nissan Leaf Powertrain Disassembly (Teardown to EM57 Motor)

Second generation motor EM57 (permanent magnet motor) som kom 2013

Sitter i den fula modellen som ser lite väl spacig ut.

My2013, have 6.6kW charger.

Inverter turns DC power to the motor (3-phase AC synchronous).

The top cover has aligment pins so can be a bit hard to pull open, be gentle.

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_EM_motor

Nackdelen med Leaf är att det inte går att få platt lastutrymme när fäller sätet.

Uppgradera batteri på en Nissan Leaf

 Vid byte av batteri på

Nissan Leaf. Det sitter en annnan kontrollkontakt på de äldre Nissan Leaf. Om du kan undvik dessa

ZE0 (2011-2013) has 22-pin and needs adapter

AZEO (2013-2017) already has 36-pin and will accept any battery.

How to check if VW e-golf has a heat pump

Heatpump installed or not?

Using a heatpump is more effective than just using resistor heating. For example the Mitsubishi iMiev does not have a heatpump.



Here's one picture showing signs of a heatpump installed.

Volkswagen e-golf Heatpump pipes to the left in red.

Here's one picture showing the Volkswagen e-golf without heatpump installed.

egolf without a heatpump installed.

Mitsubishi iMiev info

Mitsubishi imiev 2012

Rear wheel drive car.

Battery size: 16kwh
4miles / Kwh = 64 miles range (in summer)

Seats fold completely flat!

See video 4 min in:




4 wingnuts to get access to the motor in the rear trunk.

Engine: NABRT    2035ZZZ

No heat pump for heating the car, just a resistance heater (draws more current).

It has a reverse camera.

Running the motor with VFD:



From the comment sector:
"based on my knowledge i-MiEV uses a Permeant Magnet Motor which runs in synchronous frequency. If VFD runs in induction motor mode (frequency not synchronize) the motor will not turn. "


"Drive battery is comprised of 88 lithium-ion cells connected in series and is installed under the floor in the center of the vehicle."
source: https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/publish/pressrelease_en/products/2009/news/detail1940.html



"The i-MiEV uses a high-efficiency compact and lightweight permanent magnet synchronous electric motor specially developed for the vehicle."
source: https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/publish/pressrelease_en/products/2009/news/detail1940.html

Overview, just put it here if the original gets deleted. Source is from Mitsubishi:
https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/publish/pressrelease_en/products/2009/news/detail1940.html

An ad in Sweden, this is Peugeot iOn:

https://www.blocket.se/annons/stockholm/peugeot_ion_5d_16_kwh_automat_fullelectric/87652572

Dimljus fram
Elhissar (fram)
Färddator
Sätesvärme (fram)
Farthållare
Airbag förare
Parkeringssensorer (bak)
Centrallås (fjärrstyrt)
Tonade rutor
ABS-bromsar
Eluppvärmda sidospeglar
Start-/stoppfunktion
Servostyrning
Backstartshjälp
Läslampa
Startspärr
Barnlås
Nödsamtal
Eluppvärmd vindruta
Uppvärmda spolare
Mattor (gummi)
12V-uttag
Euro 6
USB-uttag
Cd radio blåtand
Svankstöd
Svensksåld

Golf R ergoactive seats in a e-golf

New seats and steering wheel

Luca has installed comfortable ergoactive seats with the steering wheel out of the golf R


Photo and credit goes to Luca Egger

"They fit perfectly! they are a bit bigger than the original so they touch the center storage area, not bad and because the egolf only has original seats with airbags there is only this connector under the seat so i can't adjust the lumbar and the massage function doesn't work." - Luca Egger

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Another alternative is GTE Seats, Look at Ross nice looking e-golf.

Photo: Ross Hutchman 

"Always missed the bolsters coming from a Golf R. Nice to get a the added support and it ties all the blue stitching together." - Ross