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Originally Posted by ex-x-fire
Howdy Matt, welcome aboard. What kind of Toyota is it?
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Hey ex-x-fire,
My toyota '93 model is, what we call down here, a Paseo not sure if its badged the same up there.
Its a small 4 seat coupe kerb weight of about 900kg. Body and interior in good cond., motor tired
On the plus side-It owes me nothing, is light, aerodynamic.
On the neg side- its currently auto, pwr steer and windows, but I can deal with that.
Being an Auto tech for the last 25 yrs and a electrician for 6yrs before that I figure I can give a EV conversion a 'good shake'.
The controller developed in the 300 page thread looks excellent to me.
SH fork dc motor and , initially lead acid batteries to about 144v sounds like a plan, and I am already working on a converted hi power alternator for regen.
(I have a 350m mountain to climb over in my 100km round-trip daily commute + inter-urban traffic).
Since I live up near the equator I'm even considering cutting the roof out to recess 2 PV panels into but havent done any sums on that yet.
You see any problems there?
All comments appreciated
Matt...................