AWD Moto-Hybrid Nissan Leaf Lapping at Streets of Willows CW Feb 5th 2023
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2023
- Edited from multiple camera positions over a few sessions to try to make it more interesting. My best lap times were around 1m30s, but I was mostly there to try to explore the car at the limit and find out what it would do when pushed. Notice at 1:04 that the car isn't accelerating as the EV system is not allowing it -- pulling 30kw (or more?) regen and keeping the car at 98mph.
Engine is from a 2008 Kawasaki ZX10R running the rear wheels via chain drive. Front is stock Leaf 80kw electric powertrain.
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That sounds so amazing
Hybrid jag?
And you gave us 15 seconds of that. All hail the algorithm.
Also Matt: Continues to make a video on this car
I can't wait for manufacturers to embrace this concept! Performance plug in hybrids with tiny high revving engines and beefy EV powertrain are going to be the future of high performance!
SuperfastMatt sent me.
By the end of the month, this comment will have so many 'thumbs up'...
;-)
@@sadie376 +1
So stoked to see (and hear) this running. I got to witness, bit by bit coming together as the car lives half a block from me. A friend of mine sent me this video and I was like… I know that car! Utterly bonkers engineering achievement
Sticking a motorbike engine in an electric car to make a hybrid, great stuff!
Please please please do a build breakdown on this
I have always loved hybrids of this kind (esp the ones that use bumpstart like lmdh) like the one Sahsa Anis has, 350z Hybrid KERS
I really wanna see more out of the car
Please do a build breakdown
Absolutely LOVE this thing!! Hope to see more updates!
What a sound. Great engineering achievement Derek.
omg, this is the best
Beautiful engineering man
Absolutely sick! Its so strange hearing that noise from like the most simple npc car. Love it
It is so cool
I need a audio only, uncut, hour of this thing going full send down some canyon roads
Thats awesome!
omg okay Derek you have regenerative too !!
thats marvelous !!!!!
I want someting like that for SURE !
Well done amigo
Brilliant 👍👍
wild, well done
Sick!
I'm on the EV bandwagon, but God that's a nice result for the three donors. Great project.
So rad.
Beyond badass right here!!! Let's get this car some visibility and hit the likes!
Making me look at prius's differently now 😆
LOVE IT! So satisfying to see it RIP!
I think we need to get together sometime and show off our builds side by side!
Please add the cam view of dashboard. We should see the speed range also.
How did you build it?
that is awesome. How did you sort the dial for the balance between the motor and engine? Canbus programming? Did you write it or know a place that can custom code?
Arduino (Ruggeduino actually) monitoring the leaf throttle position and the blend/boost knob value and then sending commands to the Dynamixel servo over RS485 through a shield. No canbus interface for this.
@@DerekYoungdby do you have any videos on how that works or how that system is built? Im at the stage in my humvee build where my electronics knowledge falls short of my creativity
@@sdalin27 no, sorry, but the Arduino stuff is pretty straightforward. Lots of documentation out there. Are you trying to build a drive by wire throttle?
@@DerekYoungdby No- have built a LT1/8 speed humvee with junkyard BMW 750Li seats. trying to control lights/turn signals since the lamps use the same filament for brake and turn signal, Secondly trying to get use out of my Jaguar F-Pace steering wheel buttons which I think are interpreted via resistance levels controlled by resistor paths on the steering wheel board
@@sdalin27 sounds cool, but that's out of my wheelhouse. Good luck with the project!
I saw this on Superfast Matt’s channel and thought I’d love to see you do this with an older car, like an Austin 1100, Karmann Ghia, MGA or a 1932 Ford. Can you imagine a 1932 Ford coupe with a blown Zetec, battery, motor/generator, transmission and computer, etc? At the strip and through the twisty bits, you run the Ford Zetec or Ecoboost and charge the battery as you drive. When you need it for everyday use, you use the motor. When you need to travel a long distance, you stick the Zetec on.
My original plan was to do a Civic EF hatch or Wagovan with EV front, bike engine engine rear but that would have been a much larger/longer project. And you really want to use both power trains at the same time for maximum fun.
@@DerekYoungdby I forgot to mention the two drivetrains together.
@@DerekYoungdby Those cars don’t have any character or personality.
@Chris Henniker Neither does a Smart fortwo but I get millions of views and likes 🤣🤣🤣
Wait do you only have to hit the clutch shifts for the downshifts? Why is that?
Motorcycle sequential gearbox+ quick shifter allows for this. There's a switch on the shift knob that cuts ignition when the lever is pulled back which unload the transmission and allows for clutchless no-lift upshifts.
@@DerekYoungdby Genius! Thanks for the answer! Why can't it do the same for downshifts?
@@jama211 well I was today years old when I learned people clutchless downshift on bikes. I've never tried it!
@@DerekYoungdby Yes it needs a quick blip of the throttle to increase the revs for the new gear, a bit harder to automate than just cutting the ignition
@@connerlabs Makes sense!
Might be faster without all the electric stuff once it runs out of juice. Sounds astonishing!
The engine has an alternator that provides power for the electric motor. I wonder if the battery pack is standard size.
Amazing!! Thanks @superfastMatt for sending me here.