1. Question: I have a 144v serial DC motor, me002 type, 450 amp rated, along with a 72v alltrax controller, I'm
   Planning on building 150 cell 18650 packs like you did, my question is how many packs do I need to achieve 100 mile range. I'm estimating 250 watts/
   Mile! My calculation don't seem right to me, 150 cells at 3.7 nominal volts, 2.2 amps each? That's 330 amps approx.
   39 mile range per pack?! Please clarify.
   Each pack is 37 v x 330 amps x (.80 eff.) = 9768 watts/250 watts = 39 miles?

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2. I guess it gives the motor compartment a cleaner more organized look.

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3. the adapter plate actually makes it look worse… 🙁 still best ev

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4. She looked mad when she walked through the garage..:-)

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5. Jehu what type of motor do you have? What are your motor recommendations for a 1985 Porsche 911 to be used as a daily driver. I was thinking of a Curtis AC 76.. 
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6. A friend of mine is converting a Czech Jawa 350 to electric power here in the UK.

   Basically he's just replaced the original crank and flywheels with a brushless electric motor.

   By retaining the 4 speed gearbox and cltuch this has allowed for the use of a lower power consumption and lower torque motor, thus extending potential range.

   Top speed will be between 60 and 80 MPH. Somewhat sloiwer than the original 2 stroke 350cc and with obviously shorter range but better accelleration.

   The biggest hastle so far is adapting a car controller plate to twist grip throttle.

   The plan for charging is to use a collection of cheaper small fuel cells to trickle charge the batteries, even when its parked up during the day and over night. Might be worth you looking into. Having a combination of solar panels and fuel cell charging solves some of the limited range problems associated with electric vehicles currently.

   As a former electric propulsion motor mechanic / technician, I do the number cruching, explained what all the motor rating numbers actually mean, etc.

   Why build the bike??

   Just for the hell of it.

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7. Thanks for the invitation.

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8. You do nice work

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9. HI
   It is pretty impresive project, wish you all the best. I have qouestion for you, how many batterys were dead when you test them (%)??

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10. Do you plan to try charging at Tesla charging station? Are there even Tesla or other E-car charging stations around you?

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11. Thanx for inviting me

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12. Love this series, BTW, thanks for doing it. I think the 18650s will really catch on, I know I want to do it after seeing this series and crunching some numbers: compared to the large prysmatics, even 18650s will cost about 1/5 the price and weigh 1/2 as much. BMS/balancing scares me though.

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13. Why add the third screw? Also, sorry if I missed it, but are you planning on a BMS for your 18650s or just bottom balancing once? How often would you redo the bottom balancing if no BMS?

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14. Hi Jehu love your enthusiasm and dedication very happy to subscribe, however  there is one thing that’s been bugging me about the electric samba and I have tried to email you before, that s said the bank of batteries laying on their side behind the motor. Our local club have suffered near catastrophic failures with this type of battery laying them on their side have you measured or noticed any degradation? Oh and get those darn windows in! Cheers Rob.

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15. Jehu, this is terrible! It`s just free publicity for evwest. I`ve seen your camera accessories you make and they are beautiful. you can do way better than this!

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