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He has a lot of experience building batteries. And also a way to do an open source project that can be truly collaborative.
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Isn't all open source truly collaborative? What's his secret sauce?
It's nice to see it out in the light of day.
I hadn't seen your response on 20140915. You're budgeting $16K for batteries? The link for the transaxle 404s. But from their main page you can get to
EV Transaxle assembly | Metric Mind Corporation. The transaxle uses ATF and the motor uses water for cooling?
You didn't give the specs on the motor, but the RPMs and gear reduction as similar to the Toyota/Lexus MGR. Those are $2300
new on eBay. What we have learned in the thread is that there exists a trailer towing option that adds an external oil cooler. Also cyruscosmo has a ton (literally, 2Klb) of aluminum to cast into custom gearset casings that he wants to make, using 3D printed wax for casting.