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City-El video clip

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:29 pm
by anachrocomputer
Just a short (14s) video clip of the City-El:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOq7mVkys4I

Hope to do more videos of EVs soon.

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:31 pm
by aminorjourney
Eeep! That's me that is! :)

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 1:53 pm
by ChrisB
Wow didnt realise the belt whined so much on those !!!!

Sounds quite cool , like a supercharger :lol:

ChrisB

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:21 pm
by aminorjourney
Once you get up to speed and the motor isn't under so much load it really gets quiet.

:)

But yes, there's a bit of noise at start up. Less than a G-Wiz though. You can always come and have a go in mine, Chris.

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:07 pm
by Bernhard Stroop
Hallo from Germany,

here a photo of a meeting of a new city-el community (since 2005) in the departement of Gütersloh Germany
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and herre are my EV's
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:57 pm
by ChrisB
Hi Bernard

Nice few pics there, wow 9 el's in a row, thats the most I've ever seen I think.

Welcome to the BVS forum

ChrisB

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:26 pm
by qdos
ChrisB wrote:Hi Bernard

Nice few pics there, wow 9 el's in a row, thats the most I've ever seen I think.

Welcome to the BVS forum

ChrisB



One's a Twike

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:42 pm
by Bernhard Stroop
ChrisB[/quote]


One's a Twike[/quote]

yes, indeed, since 2 weeks I drive this Twike.
but I have to invest in new batteries because the range is only 30 km. (My daily trip is 36).
I wonder, if I take NiCd or LiFePo4 batteries. I have a friend who tries to create a BMS for ThunderSky batteries.
He promis me a range of 200 kms but I have to wait a few month.
http://www.thunder-sky.com/pdf/TS-LFP40.pdf

In the City-El I have NiCd (Saft 5 MRE 100) like PSA batteries, 48V and 100Ah. It gives me a range of 65 km.
http://www.elmo-freunde-gt.de/bernhard/hobby5cityel18.htm
http://www.elmo-freunde-gt.de/bernhard/hobby5cityel15.htm

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:43 am
by aminorjourney
I can highly recommend REAP systems as a good BMS supplier. I have one in my El.

In fact, I'm slowly putting together a design for lithium Ion packs for an El which can be simply plugged into the existing setup. It may take some time though as I am over-worked with my day job!

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:29 am
by qdos
For the Twike contact Andreas at www.Twike.co.uk he can advise you on batteries