The car is fun to drive. When I drive, I play a little game, wherein I try to minimize the amp hours per mile. I have control over Amp-Hours by being light or heavy footed on the accelerator. My best record is 34 miles with 29 Amp-Hours. Speed under 30 MPH
And when I show people the engine, they are astounded. "A 16 HP engine. How can you go 60 MPH?" I'm doing it.
1. Max speed: 65 MPH
2. Max Range: 45-50 miles in town (speed < 35 mph) ; 25 miles for freeway driving.
3. Charge time: 6 hours at 120 volt AC (17 amp draw)
4. Cost per mile: 3.1 cents per mile. * Do the math on your ICE car. Divide the cost of a gallon by the car's miles per gallon. ($/Gallon) / (Miles/Gallon)
5. CAD picture of the Sheetmetal Mount of a Zivan Charger, #NG3, using the same rubber mounts that were used for the Brusa charger. To view the PLANS, click here. Note that there are several pages, with the select button in the upper right corner of the dialog.
6. CAD picture of the Electrical System. The 3-D model (drawn in Inventor), is rotateable and zoomable, It is of the existing system and some parts for a battery management system. Specifically, each battery voltage is brought out of the battery box, and will end up providing information for a display. The yellow items are fuse clips which will contain a low amperage fuse for protection. This part is a work in progress. The rest, the front and rear battery box are visible as well as some of the other components. For example, the electrical wiring and the voltage shunt.
* The cost per mile is calculated as follows: (kWatt-Hours per mile) times ($ / kWatt-Hours)
Example: (180 Watt-hr/mile) times (11.9 cents per KWatt Hr) =2.1 cents per mile