EVTV Friday Show - November 9, 2015

- Saturday fiery explosion of Renault Fluence battery pack
- The Alset drive unit EVIC touch screen display controller for the Tesla Drive Train revealed

Nissan LEAF Battery Pouch Cells - Fire and Destruction Tests

In a LEAF Battery Module are 4 pouches, and these seem to be very tough !

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"A used battery form Nissan Leaf 3.8V 33Ah, tested for how likely to catch fire when is destroyed or in flames. We had no success make it burn. Same battery after the burn test was charged/discharged twice at 1/3C - 10A - it has 30Ah capacity remaining. Before the test this cell was under salty water for 2 hours - you can see the contact are destroyed."














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EVTV Friday Show - November 1, 2013

- VW Battery Research

- Jehu Garcia and the HPEVS Curtis 1238 TuneUp

- Mark EMon's 914 

2nd Model S fire in Mexico

Tesla SuperCharger Network expanding ...

Tesla Model S in Germany


Volkswagen e-up!




LiFePO4 battery chemistry explained in depth by VW


VW Battery Research Lab


The cells

New Electric

Some Delta figures


New Website address: http://evtv-amsterdam.eu



Jehu Garcia is back for more work on his VW Samba e-Bus : 

- Brake Transducer

- Curtis Controller tuning

Driving to Ontaria, CA, to Curtis HQ for the controller tuning

Live controller tuning while driving


Regen test downhill



Karmann Ghia: new brake parts




Mark EMon's Porsche 914 Electric

Too much battery weight makes the front sink

911 "A" arms, with bigger torsion bars, 19mm instead of 17.5mm

DC-DC converter always on drains the whole pack ...