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    another EV Series landy

    I was at the Noosa EV Expo today and had a chat with a teacher from Matthew Flinders College about their Series 3 109 EV project. Really nice guy and a super interesting project where STEM class kids are essentially rebuilding a S3 and converting it to EV.

    Some info about their project on their website: Students Upcycle Old Land Rover to an Electric Car of the Future - Matthew Flinders Anglican College

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    Quote Originally Posted by akelly View Post
    I was at the Noosa EV Expo today and had a chat with a teacher from Matthew Flinders College about their Series 3 109 EV project. Really nice guy and a super interesting project where STEM class kids are essentially rebuilding a S3 and converting it to EV.

    Some info about their project on their website: Students Upcycle Old Land Rover to an Electric Car of the Future - Matthew Flinders Anglican College
    They called it a tired old land Rover 😢
    The jaunt one was pretty cool but they didn't seem to do any more last time I saw

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    Jaunt have done two, which is two more than me so I can't be too critical

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    The Jaunt EV Series LR's are great however very expensive.

    Does any on know of a link to an affordable conversion, have to rebuild motor so now would be the time to do it.
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    I think it depends on what you consider affordable. Most people I've spoken to say to budget $30k for the parts and batteries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by akelly View Post
    I think it depends on what you consider affordable. Most people I've spoken to say to budget $30k for the parts and batteries.

    Have a read of this project.
    Goingbush's Electric Vehicle project

    I'm sure $20K was mentioned (but it was a while ago I read the thread). $10K for batteries, $10K for the rest.


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    I think it could be done for around $20K yes. Maybe even cheaper with some good hunting around. GB would know more. I did price some bits to do an EV conversion on my RRC a couple of years back and that pushed out to nearly $30K for that but the motor and batteries were going to be quite a bit larger. Was beyond my budget, so stinky old V8 it is for me...
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    How much it would cost is mainly dependent on how much range you want, and whether you are paying for the labour and design work. At a rough guess, I suggest that if you want comparable range to the current petrol or diesel engine, and are not capable of doing the design and installation yourself, it would be difficult to do for under $60,000, and easy to spend twice that, especially if it included refurbishing even minor aspects of the vehicle not strictly necessary.

    Do the work yourself, without paying capital costs for equipment etc needed, and not being too strict on required range or performance and you could halve that, i.e., $30,000. Accept second hand batteries, really cut back on range, $20,000 should be possible, or even a lot less, depending on how extensive is your knowledge and engineering capability and how canny you are at finding bargains.
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    Yes mine was $22K using all new parts, Equivalent batteries are a lot cheaper now , but it would be better to find later tech more energy dense batteries if range is an issue. It is cheaper to import a Nissan Leaf to use as a donor , There are VCU hacks avaliable now to eliminate the need to run the Nissan CANbus / Dash etc.

    My EV Landy is off the road at the moment, first problem in 3.5 years. Kaput Charger , waiting for a new one from China , bought 2 so I'll have a spare, seems to be an insulation breakdown as its tripping the RCD when I plug in to charge,

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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    Yes mine was $22K using all new parts, Equivalent batteries are a lot cheaper now , but it would be better to find later tech more energy dense batteries if range is an issue. It is cheaper to import a Nissan Leaf to use as a donor , There are VCU hacks avaliable now to eliminate the need to run the Nissan CANbus / Dash etc.

    My EV Landy is off the road at the moment, first problem in 3.5 years. Kaput Charger , waiting for a new one from China , bought 2 so I'll have a spare, seems to be an insulation breakdown as its tripping the RCD when I plug in to charge,

    Waiting is both a Pita and also a idea to save money at times. Prices per KwH have been on a crash dive trajectory since I brought my UPS at work. Still happy with the savings the odd flow but cool Flow batteries made for me.

    So many new technology to consider now.

    My sad sack view is my old ( only by some peoples standards) 2009 would happily be an EV if I can with 900km range, tow about 3 tonnes and refuel recharge under 30 minutes. fairly sure that will be with me in a year or two. Bloody Optimists?

    You may like "https://endless-sphere.com/" I am learning a little slowly as usual

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