I think y ou need to seriously do some math on the energy needes and sources.... It makes no sense to keep the engine AND add a generator AND add a thousand lbs of batteries and still keep the engine running and burning fossil fuel. What's the point? Bob
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Gerald via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > ev > > Hello, > I'm new to the ev world. > Originally I was planning on converting a manual drive Jetta with a pretty > standard package- I was confident that everything would be fine, but..... > then I saw a beautiful Mercedes (I was in love) at a great price that my > wife wouldn't mind driving, and I came up with a plan; but I don't know > exactly how feasible my plan is. Here is what I am thinking: > > -The drive shaft will be removed and an AC 75 installed directly to the > rear > differential (the car weighs about 3500 pounds). > -The transmission will be removed. > -A generator will be connected to the engine and will engage when the power > drops below a certain range. > The air conditioning, power steering, alternator and other things will stay > as they are. The engine will run at all times when the car is driven, but > just at idle speed. The idle could even be drastically reduced with some > modification. > -The acceptable range is about 30 miles with lead acid batteries. > -This vehicle will be somewhat of a hybrid. > > Please let me know your opinions. > > Thank you! > > Gerald > > -- > View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle- > discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/convert-a-mercedes-tp4683917.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161001/2fdbd569/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
