https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_%28E36%29
About 2700lb? Do you expect to gain, lose or maintain the weight?
Have you followed
the locals on open-source controllers?
What's you budget/plan for the battery box?
Win or lose, it will be fun to watch.
I have a donor vehicle with a 1750lb target weight and also a Lexus LX400h drivetrain. If I could complete a conversion from that point for US$1250 (with a heat pump) I'd be stoked.
Whelp, nevermind.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8s...HKV-S_oz3JH3qw
I watched the i3 first spin. I have trouble with the terminology but the first commenter Max Torque describes something that sounds like the buried magnets Toyota HSG uses to counter back-EMF at high RPMs.
So as not to go off-topic I looked at
http://ecomodder.com/forum/search.php?searchid=2968467 but I don't see an i3 build thread. Could you show putting one in a Beetle for me?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_...36)#Drivetrain
5/6 manual/auto?