DIY electric VW Beetle driven!
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2023
- Drive of a Classic VW Beetle EV Conversion, with a recently upgraded Netgain Hyper 9 Motor.
John was kind enough to let us experience his converted Classic Beetle, which was a Covid lockdown project in 2020, built originally with a 60kw peak DC motor bought off the EV Guru himself, Paul Compton.
Spec:
- 136v Nominal (108 - 151v Range)
- 32 KWh battery (25 KWh useable)
- 6.6 KWh charging
120hp, 173ft/lbs torque
Heavy Duty Clutch and standard 4 speed transmission
- Inverter and batteries are air cooled
Suppliers:
- 6 Tesla S 5.3 KWh modules from EV Breakers (Ireland)
- Hyper 9 (NOS) from Electron garage (Scotland)
- Dilithium BMS, Chargers, DC to DC converter from Thunderstruck
- Adapter Plate & Motor Coupling from Retro Electrics
- HV Heater from Silent Classics
- Cables, Connectors, Hardware for Tesla Modules etc from Zero EV
At the start of 2021 I created Chargeheads to ELECTRIFY petrolheads essentially get more car enthusiasts into electric cars. An Electric Petrolhead if you like....A CHARGEHEAD!!!!
To start I decided to do an EV conversion and went on an amazing journey visiting many of the big companies in this field.
I selected the not so well known TVR Tasmin, AKA the Wedge (#TVRWedgee) to electrify after careful consideration of other cars. As I already had a TVR Griffith which I enjoyed driving and with my passion for raw, powerful, tail happy cars with no driver aids TVR was the obvious choice when selecting a car to electrify.
The 2nd build I started was the #SpecialTrikee project a 1970's BSA Aerial 3 Tricycle Scooter that I am turning into a e-Trike I can use locally and ride around at shows. Mrs Chargehead calls it my special scooter.....that originally had a 50cc two stroke motor and has a "mis sold 250 watt motor" in it. This project wouldn't have got off the ground if it weren't for my mate Vinny, who also did my Integra DC2 turbo build in the naughties! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3wPD...
The Latest project is Rustee #RusteeTesla the Tesla build to make a Model 3 Long Range....well.....better! This build is on a budget and in keeping with the Chargeheads green credentials I am using used parts where possible to modify.
I hope to not only entertain with ChargeheadsUK Channel and the #TVRWedgee, #SpecialTrikee and #RusteeTesla builds, but also to inspire watchers to create their own greener transport.
With the help of leaders in their field like Ralph Hosier (Engineer, designer, builder of special vehicles, teacher, writer, TV presenter and trouble maker.
Ralph teaches Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Training (IMI Techsafe), builds some amazing one off projects and most of all is a top bloke!
He's the engineer behind #TVRWedgee the Electric TVR.
Also Dr Nick Mason from ECO Classics and other EV specialists who are leading the field in electric transport.
So let the fun begin......safely in a controlled environment using the right EV safety equipment! ;0)
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Pleasant chat. Thanks for the ride, fellas.
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Awesome Video 😎
Thanks Sham.
Interesting that John mentioned the h/brake issue. That had crossed my mind as well. Some sort of transmission lock could be made using the redundant 1st/2nd rail of the gearbox. You only need 3rd, 4th and reverse for driving so, if the 1st/2nd rail could be engaged at the same time as one of the other gears, it would lock the gearbox. Obviously with a switch to prevent power being applied with trans locked.
Sounds like a possible solution 🤔
@@chargeheadsuk the only thing is when you lock those two gears I place if anything happens as in the car being bumped buy another car that will lock it pretty quickly to where you need to take it apart to unlock it. I wouldn’t do that.
Fantastic and interesting video Tim - think you're developing a certain style - and it's working well.
Great conversion John - Beetles are so loved!
Love bug even 👍
Thanks Shaun 🙂
Great video. @johnwoolf66 this was our family car. My dad was the first owner, my sister the second and I was the third. It was the first car I drove and I passed my driving test in it! Great to see it in such great condition. Would be great to see it again one day!
@@regdhanjal4897 wow that's fantastic! I bought the car in 2010 and it came with lots of paperwork, including the original receipt. He was a doctor if I recall correctly?
My sister is the doctor. It has travelled all over the UK - literally from Lands End to John o’ Groats!
Nice build and amazing daily car, I’d defo keep the gear box and clutch if i build on to keep rpm’s done and better kwm after all the new porsche ev has a 2speed motorbox thingy 👍 im looking forward to the first 400mph road car with 8speed box 😂
Yes its a good point. All depens what you're after. As my TVR will be a comuter 😉 auto is essential for the daily drive. Then weekend its all about peak POWER!!!
For the handbrake issue some way to short out the three phases with the car in top gear would work too. It may not stop it rolling but would slow it down big time. 😁
Thanks I'll suggest this to John 👍
@@chargeheadsuk Around 15 years ago I built a wind turbine using the Hugh Piggot axial flux design. It furled out of the wind to avoid over speed but sometimes I wanted to stop it spinning if a storm was coming so fitted a switch to short out the coils. When the switch shorted the coils it could only turn very slowly even in the strongest winds.
@@alibro7512 that sounds great, how did it perform power wise?
@@chargeheadsuk It was a 10 foot diameter turbine, (each blade was 5 ft) and on a windy day gave around 1.2kW at 24V. I never worked out the total kWh per day
Unfortunately we didn't have that many good days so after my batteries died I sold it on.
Summer update, I'm currently using around 170Wh per mile, that's nearly 6 miles per kWh 😮
Tesla batteries love being warm!
Bloody impressive John 👍👍
Had he set the power curve to where it didn’t slam on really quickly. You read about the hyper 9 being able to destroy a bug transmission. I’m wanting to put one in my Jetta MK3 or go crazy with a Tesla motor. But the hyper 9 is near my HP and torque so I think I would be safe.
What batteries did he use. Very great video.
6 x tesla modules, not sure what power
Yep good point, I've mapped a slow throttle curve to make it smooth and easy to drive.
@@johnwoolf66 thanks, with there software, is it pretty easy?
@@chargeheadsuk thanks.
@@mikejf4377 yep, the software is excellent.
How did you source the motor im currently trying to do a performance build with a warp 11 motor and I'm not having luck getting the motor
Where are you based?
@ChargeheadsUK united states California
@@jerrytuma8972 america F yeah 🇺🇸 i would have thought netgain would have plenty of stock 🤔
how fast is the car?? does it pick up nice and quick like a tesla?
Its 120bhp in a beetle that had about 50bhp with a bucket full of torque. Its not Tesla quick however she goes really well 👍
I'd like to convert a nova sr 🤔
Someone is putting a large tesla drive unit in one😈. Not sure if it will be road legal though.