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This evening: wired the controller. The system is "live" once again - and fully self-contained. ESS inside the car this time (that's Tesla-speak for battery pack - "Energy Storage System").

I have no idea if the cabling is up to the task of delivering the current needed to move the car, but we're going to find out shortly (no pun intended, hopefully!).

I'm pretty sure the car will not be able to make it back UP Ivan's driveway into the garage under its own power - it's a dirt driveway with a bit of a slope. And with the ground thawing and saturated, the cars are sinking in and making ruts. Adds a wee bit to the rolling resistance.

If hillbillies made electric cars, I imagine they would look exactly like this one does right now: "ESS" on the floorboards, a snake's nest of mismatched cables, all kinds of junk car parts in the hatchback - generally a total mess inside and out!