Valery Miftakhov from EMotorWerks.com builds open source DIY Juice Box EVSE like Ken Sharpe from ZeroCarbonWorld.org

Seen on the last episode of Transport Evolved , Valery Miftakhov from EMotorWerks.com has developed an open source DIY Juice Box EVSE, saying that some DIY EVSE are actually safer than some OEM ones ...

He is also working on direct, EV to EV charging, CHAdeMO compatible charging stations, etc ...

Transport Evolved, UK weekly show

This reminds me of Kevin Sharpe from Zero Carbon World who does the same, offer DIY EVSE





... and also about the funny letter he recently received from UK EVSE trying to stop him :-)

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/29335-Industry-Attempting-To-Stop-DIY-EVSE

Guys, did you have a look at how Teslas started ? Many or almost all major companies and/or their discoveries come from DIY ... and starts in a small garage ...

(JB Straubel, CTO of Tesla, on Tesla's early days, in front of Stanford students)

JB Straubel | Energy@Stanford & SLAC 2013

Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel gives a quick speech about Tesla to Standford students




After converting a Porsche 944 and other things, he met Elon Musk and they started Tesla back in 2004, in a garage ....








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Residential and Commercial Energy Storage solutions with SolarCity (back up units for blackouts only)



Power Electronics is KEY because they are used so much : convert PV, charge, discharge, store



"Battery Market growth will be extreme" (!)

Choosing the right batteries ...



Battery chemistry


SuperCharger Network



Energy Storage Unit on SuperCharger Location to smooth the peak load requested by a fast charge