1973 Austin Mini Converted to Electric (EV)

Added a support bearing to the primary gear to take some load off the motor.  The gear is mounted at the end of 7/8" shaft extension, w...

 Cooling Fan A cooling fan from Thunderstruck (Full kit)  was a quick way to assure the liquid cooling of the ME1616 motor was providing max...

Gearbox Ratio - CV Joint  - Erratic Encoder  Here is a handy calculator to help map between RPM and MPH. Guessworks - Gearbox & Speedo R...

 New Motenergy ME1616 Motor installed After a lot of consideration, the old ME1306 has been upgraded to a ME1616 LINK .  This new water-cool...

More Data The new BMS setup is working very well and is a great simplification from the previous setup.  The new chargers (2 x 600w 48v char...

 More Batteries With the new Sevcon controller's ability to handle up to 120v, it was time to expand the battery pack to 32 cells.  The ...

 Time for an Upgrade The Kelly KLS72601 controller burned up while pulling out of my driveway, something done successfully hundreds of times...