another EV Series landy

[akelly]

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 (https://www.mfac.edu.au/students-upcycle-old-land-rover-to-an-electric-car-of-the-future/)

[shwza]

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 (https://www.mfac.edu.au/students-upcycle-old-land-rover-to-an-electric-car-of-the-future/)

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

[akelly]

Jaunt have done two, which is two more than me so I can't be too critical [bigsmile1]

[chuck]

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.

[akelly]

I think it depends on what you consider affordable. Most people I've spoken to say to budget $30k for the parts and batteries.

[gromit]

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 (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/alternate-energies/252534-goingbushs-electric-vehicle-project.html)

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


Colin

[Homestar]

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...

[JDNSW]

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.

[goingbush]

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,

[NavyDiver]

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

[goingbush]

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

Thats why I have 4 cars on full rego and will have another when the Power Wagon is done, You cant have one car to do every job. 95% of my driving is local thats where the EV wins, range anxiety is a figment of someone else imagination. .

[Elguru]

Hi folks,

first post so don’t trash me.....[bigsad]
Yes I used to live in Aus & have an Aussie daughter, but now live on the east coast of the USA.
44 years of engineering experience and been involved with Landys for 55 years ffs.... can’t be that old.!

Anyway I’ve kept pretty quiet for the last few months as I establish a specialised EV Landrover (series only) conversion company in the US.
Haven’t wanted to over promise and under deliver (ask my wife) but we are now well on the way to completing the first Series totally electric conversion.
Using Tesla battery’s as nothing else gets close to the energy density required. Have 45kwh of brand new lithium iron battery’s for sell if someone interested.

I can assure those of you that to do a half decent job will cost at least $30k in parts alone...before you even get into the time $$$$ and engineering expertise to complete the job.
Hope to post here soon with more details etc but here’s a picture as a taster.

ATB.....
169762

[goingbush]

Hi folks,

first post so don’t trash me.....[bigsad]
Yes I used to live in Aus & have an Aussie daughter, but now live on the east coast of the USA.
44 years of engineering experience and been involved with Landys for 55 years ffs.... can’t be that old.!

Anyway I’ve kept pretty quiet for the last few months as I establish a specialised EV Landrover (series only) conversion company in the US.
Haven’t wanted to over promise and under deliver (ask my wife) but we are now well on the way to completing the first Series totally electric conversion.
Using Tesla battery’s as nothing else gets close to the energy density required. Have 45kwh of brand new lithium iron battery’s for sell if someone interested.

I can assure those of you that to do a half decent job will cost at least $30k in parts alone...before you even get into the time $$$$ and engineering expertise to complete the job.
Hope to post here soon with more details etc but here’s a picture as a taster.

ATB.....
169762

Awesome project. Your business will do great , so many people ask me where they can but a complete conversion kit for a Landy.
can I post your photo in my FB group, Electric LandRover and 4x4 EV Conversions (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElectricLandRover)