Battery Vehicle Society

ChrisB and I have been discusing the Berlingo elsewhere on the forum so I will add the info we have acumulated so far.... Vehicle Info/Performace Vehicle Make/Model - Citroen Berlingo Electrique Gross Vehicle Weight - 1.5tons Top Speed - 65mph Standard Range - 60 miles Average Wh per mile - 500wh (I...

Hi All, I have been working with the factory to develop a modular pack system for LiFeBATT cells that will allow me to build up packs in the UK for any electric vehicle. In order to test the theory it would be a great help to me if owners of the Berlingo, City El, Twike, G-Wiz, Enfield, C5, Milkfloa...

I have purchased a number of items from Germany and Holland over the summer. Within the EU, you pay VAT in the country your buying from, in this case Germany. If they are for personal use, you will not be charged any duty or VAT when they enter the UK. Any country outside the EU, you pay import duty...

If this would be a one off, your pack would be built from our 'Soft Pack' development modules. These are cube shaped packs approx 18cm3 rated at 24V 20Ah, these would then be connect up to give as close as possible to your required pack size. 7 soft packs at 168V and four in parallel for 80Ah. We ar...

We have not seen this problem, the VMS keeps everything under control.

What would an all up weight likely to be of battery,BMS and charger, also would the charger still be able to use a standard 13A or 16A mains connector and what would the recharge time roughly be for pack. Also I'm totally confused about the fact you say 162v pack would be 54 cells yet a 80ah pack n...

NO, they are nothing to do with LiFeBATT !!!!! This appears to be an importer of Chinese LiFePO4 cells. My own experience of CHinese LiFePO4 batteries has been very expensive and disappointing. I have over £3,000 worth sitting under my work brench that were either DOA, or failed within a few week...

Hi ChrisB, Sorry for the late response, LiFeBATT has been very busy...... 162V nominal is approx 54 cells in series, they would have a peak voltage of 197V (3.65V per cell), cut off voltage would be around 130V. The VMS (voltage managemant system) would kick in to protect the pack at 2.4V per cell. ...

Hi Peter,

I didn't know milk float's could be cool until I say yours!

What's the acceleration like with the Netgain motor and how many amps does it pull?

Cheers,

Ian

The factory guys call it a VMS, voltage managment system. In conjunction with the charger, is ensures all cells are balanced during charge phase and then stops power flow during discharge when any one cell reaches 2.4V.