Electrification of p3

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Brianchandler
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Electrification of p3

Post by Brianchandler » Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:01 pm

Does anyone have experience of electrification for a p3

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Re: Electrification of p3

Post by 47p2 » Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:48 pm

Welcome to the forum Brian, are you thinking an electric vehicle or upgrading the electrics already on the car?

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Re: Electrification of p3

Post by Shaf1926 » Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:40 am

If you are talking about conversion to EV.
I'm an automotive engineer and have recently been working for Lunaz design (do a Google search if you've not heard of them)

There are certain things you need to know before even thinking of starting an EV conversion.
Number 1: High voltage electrics can be very dangerous. So make sure you know what you are doing.

Number 2: Do not modify the chassis in any way or the DVLA will deregister it. No drilling holes to bolt on new components. Unsure about welding on brackets, but if the DVLA decide they don't like it, its then too late to remove.

You can get used motors off hybrid or ev road cars. Nissan leaf will be too powerful so have to be restricted. Mitsubishi outlander would be about right, but harder to get controllers for.

Dc fast charging tech is very expensive. So you would realistically be restricted to a.c. charging which tends to go up to to about 12 kw if you're lucky. Or just 2.4 off at standard 13 amp plug
An EV car like this would do about 3km per kWh. So an hour's charging on a 13 amp socket would give you about 7km. Important to know if you want to use your car for excursions.

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Re: Electrification of p3

Post by GOY189 » Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:25 pm

Thanks for that, as far as I know, this is the first time the question of electrification has come up although electric Rovers are nothing new - I will explain that later.

In addition to the points you raise, I have to add a note of caution and repeat the Rover Sports Register's Disclaimer:-
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An electric car was produced in Coventry in 1888 by JK Starley & Co who were producing Rover "Safety" bicycles the time. The Locomotive Act 1865, (the "Red Flag Act"), required all road locomotives, including cars, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph in the country and 2 mph in towns, as well as requiring a man carrying a red flag to walk in front of self propelled road vehicles. Because of the "red flag act", Starley's battery powered vehicle was taken to Deauville in France and tested there. Limited range and heavy weight of lead acid batteries meant that the electric car did not go into production.


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