In researching electric vehicle conversions, there remains one obvious conclusion and that nothing is new, it is just a long march of technology. Computers have been with us for a very long time. Computing machines date back to Charles Babbage. It was Von Neumann in the 1940s and his work ...
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After transcribing the adapter plate profile to CAD using the age old techniques of tracing paper, protractor and a ruler, we are faced with the prospect of accurately locating the mounting bolt holes. Unless your adapter is a regular shape this will present quite some difficulty. In our own case the ...
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The most common transmission for the A160 is the automatic gearbox, the 722 500 5 speed automatic with a manual shifter. However that bad news is that this is a somewhat unreliable transmission and is prone to a number of problems and of course being a Mercedes, the dealer will ...
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Efficiency doesn't sell cars, it costs money to improve things, but it does not sell cars. Here in New Zealand we drive small cars because of the cost of the vehicles, not particularly the fuel economy of the vehicle although it is a factor, just like electric windows, air conditioning ...
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When you do an EV project you need to get used all the little things that add up to a (quality) electric power train conversion. Aside from the obvious batteries, motor controller, charger, DC convertor, there are many other items that you need to purchase to put it all together. ...
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We have been working hard in the last two months on the electronic subsystems for the car. As it is a CAN BUS based vehicle, the ECU integration has been difficult and time consuming but the good news is that progress is being made on this.
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Eric Kriss (pictured below), proprietor of Kriss Motors and the proud owner of a beautiful Beck Speedster 356 electric has provided us with a useful "State of the Nation" for the production of LifePo4 batteries in a ebook called Chinese Battery Manufacturing (Kriss Motors July 2011).
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When we refer to CAN Bus development tools, we are referring to two different aspects of CAN Bus development. The first are tools that allow you to intelligently interrogate an existing CAN BUS network using SAE J1939 and secondly tools that allow you to participate on the CAN BUS network ...
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Controller Area Network (CAN) is a serial network technology that was originally designed for the automotive industry, especially for European cars, but has also become a popular bus in industrial automation as well as other applications.
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The heart of the Mercedes A160 is the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) otherwise known as the ME-SFI. It controls all aspects of the engine operation from starting the vehicle (with DAS authorization), ignition and throttle management. It also takes a number of inputs from various sensors, modifies the injectors and ...
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