[E.Oosterhoorn]

Here is ours at several points, at Glenshee we now have a point to charge as well. (commando to brick)

 

[Mark Sanders]

I was always fascinated by the possibilities of EV's ..and took the plunge in 2008 with an engineering R&D side project (AKA hack ) of a turning perfectly good smart car initially into an EV and later into a PHEV.

I got 'an EV specialist' to carry out most of the conversion work ...

to my spec (a 'hidden conversion', based on Lead acids into the battery ready sandwich floor.. ) .. it got 25 miles range and 60Mph top speed (like most ev's not simultaneously tho' .
The ultimate aim was developing a PHEV .. using industry standard parts with small mods (rather than developing everything from scratch as the big auto co's do) to make a 'low cost PHEV' .. this was done with 2x Zyvan standard chargers and a 7Kw standard £700 genset

Amazingly, like all good R&D hacks, it worked !! in normal west London stop-start traffic the genset was more than capable of filling in toughs of energy taken from the battery, but constant speed above about 35mph gradually ran down the battery ... like a REX.
I did 3000 fun miles (at noddy speeds) in this car mainly just EV as I never managed to silence the genset .. (bloody deafening !! )

Ahhh the joys of battery changes ! a few cells needed swapping out ( it rained too ! )

Eventually the original EV conversion (5 years on) became more and more problematical, especially integration with the original smart CANbus (another 'standard' that many auto co's seem to bastardise) .. it began to suck way too much time, just on maintenance - So I sold it last October - I guess it is now running around the Krakow area, in Poland .. with an EV electronics and CANbus wizzard

My Next EV was (and is) 2 wheeled ! another R&D project, this time made real ... Mando Footloose which I guess could be classed as a human PHEV http://www.mandofootloose.com/

Yes I do like white ...

thanks for the juice, Dale

 

[Eugene Lambert]

Hardknott Pass - not for the faint-hearted (and not recommended in Winter!).

It's fun though.

Certainly is. Roadster went up it like a rat up a drainpipe ...

 

[Mark Sanders]

Certainly is. Roadster went up it like a rat up a drainpipe ...

Ha Ha .. love that phrase .

Cant wait to try 'Cote de Jenkins Road' last hill, cat 4, on stage 2 of the Tour de France in Sheffield, last Sunday.

 

[Dean Hamer]

Nissan LEAF Acenta. With some Juke alloys fitted. Handing has definitely improved with the 215/45/17 tyres.

No noticeable difference in range.

 

[Brooktop]

Had its first wash today. One thing I was really pleasantly surprised about was the fact that there was no brake dust to wash off the front wheels.

 

[Paul]

Oh yes, lack of brake dust is a BIG EV bonus.

 

[Brooktop]

And normally, the fancier the alloys the more difficult they are to clean.

 

[Dean Hamer]

And normally, the fancier the alloys the more difficult they are to clean.

Haha. Funnily enough on Friday the tyre fitter said to me "the alloys look great but are going to be harder to keep clean" Nope, I have regenerative braking I told him hehe.

 

[drivelectric]

OK, mine's the blue one - more's the pity! (M1 Donington Park services)

 

[Chris Kemp]

Picked up my new company car !
By far the nicest, quietest and nippiest car I have owned.....rather pleased thus far!

 

[Paul]

Picked up my new company car !
By far the nicest, quietest and nippiest car I have owned.....rather pleased thus far! View attachment 1518 View attachment 1519 View attachment 1520 View attachment 1519

Look great, congratulations!

When are they going to sort the typo though?











Kidding!

 

[flipper]

Kidding!

Dammit! Had me looking for far too long...

 

[Mike From Manchester]

Bum. Me too.

 

[Dennis]

Here's our Model S and Roadster on the first weekend after picking up the Model S from the factory.

Untitled by dennis_p, on Flickr

 

[Mark J Constable]

Alas, our ex-steed has been crushed and pulverised...

 

[Brooktop]

Alas, our ex-steed has been crushed and pulverised...

Why? Not paying road tax? Errrr... Hang on!

 

[Mark J Constable]

Why? Not paying road tax? Errrr... Hang on!

The ActiveE was a limited run prototype with a fixed lifespan - nearly all 1200 cars went the same way. I'm sure one or two still exist but their work is done...

 

[Dennis]

The ActiveE was a limited run prototype with a fixed lifespan - nearly all 1200 cars went the same way. I'm sure one or two still exist but their work is done...

About 140 still live in the DriveNow car sharing program in San Francisco... Additionally some (unknown quantity) also exist in DriveNow Berlin (not sure about other German DriveNow cities).

I'm sure my ActiveE was crushed though. With 54,321 miles when I returned the car to BMW in February, it was the highest mileage in the Weat Coast, at the time.

 

[Eugene Lambert]

My new Outlander PHEV at the almost equally new (and fantastic) Gloucester services on the M5(N).

Incredibly impressed by the car, this far. Just does everything it claims ...