BMW C Evolution - Motor Sound - First GoPro Video Test in Paris

BMW C Evolution - Motor Sound - First GoPro Video Test in Paris



Boulogne to Marais, Paris, passing through Saint Germain des Prés


Low Camera Position on the Belt Cover at the Electric Motor Level to pick up as much sound as possible (a bit like Matthias did with his Energica Ego test ride in Germany, Energica Deutschland MMS Concept)

Parked in Marais next to this e-Solex which has been here for years now ... (not used any more I guess)


Busy streets as usual, and fully reserved to pedestrians today


Two coffees please



Returning, we set up the GoPro like Telmo did in Lisboa, Portugal, behind the windscreen



But it is getting dark already and the camera adjusts to the brightness of the screen, so the above road image is even darker 



Way back home, from Beaugrenelle, this time my son Clement is holding his GoPro in his hand
Back home on the iMac ...

EVTV Friday Show - March 15,2013

- The VW THING - electric car with a Siemens attitude

- The Boing 787 Dreamliner Battery Debacle

- VW adapter for Siemens motors

Brian is still here, for good now maybe :-)

"2"

VW e-Up! press release 

Rebirth Auto made 10 VW adaptor plates for the Siemens 100kW Ac motor: Jack will use one in his Thing project and the rest will be available online 

Here is the VW Thing, it has been cleaned up, repainted in deep yellow, ready for conversion to electric drive

VW Thing transmission

VW Thing engine bay

Siemens 100kW AC Motor

Siemens AC motor and Azure Dynamics' DMOC 645 controller

Now Jack wants to put this motor and controller in the Thing

Battery boxes for the Thing are ready and installed partially; Higher voltage required by this "new" drive train, so Jack will use more cells of smaller capacity, the CALB CA60FI

Comparison between CALB CA180FI & CA60FI

Then Jack goes into the details on charging and discharging cells, talks about the Boing Dreamliner, a  100,000,000 USD brand new plane with battery packs big problems, simply because the cells get over charged (they swell, and nothing abnormal was found by investigators !)

THE BASIC RULE AGAIN: Never over charge and over discharge the cells !!!

He also mentionned that the Chevy Volt and the Nissan LEAF battery packs are both under charged, to prevent cells damages ... What a coincidence !

Jack and Brian also talked about this new VW Electric Conversion Kit from EV West (?)  / ZelectricBug

EVTV Friday Show - October 12, 2012

Last week the video was so long that Youtube cut it in half and then removed it... but it is still available fro you to see on EVTV.me

Program:

- John Hardy battery testing in the UK

- Electric Cadillac Escalade EXT Warranty Work

- Speedster Nippon: Adaptor plate work in the shop

John Hardy's book: ICE Free & chat about a very promissing improvement in LiFePO4 battery chemistry: Silicon coted Carbon nano tubes (?) that would allow more density in Lithium ion intercalition, thus more Energy Density

John Hardy battery testing in the UK and the Problems when using Shunt Balancers

Jack is taking his Escalade to the Cadillac dealer for the a recall 

Where is the engine ?

Jack and Jesse go through the details of installing the adaptor plate, taper lock, spacer, flywheel, pressure plate & clutch  on the AC50 motor for Speedster Nippon