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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Excellent job mate, eagerly waiting for the YouTube channel. Been following quite a few US channels which dabble into fixing vehicles and detailing but haven’t noticed any good channel on EV conversion. Would be treat for all the interested parties. Cheers! |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Dushanbe
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| ![]() Awesome work Stuntfreak. I didn't come across something like this being done in our country. If we can purchase good second hand cars with seized engines at throwaway price and convert it to EV then cost will be same as that of conventional car? What do you think? ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() stuntfreak, congratulations on your endeavours with EV conversion! The video is detailed and you've explained everything in a crisp manner. Your Beat is the perfect example of how the conversion should be done. The finishing looks very good and is proof that work has been carried out meticulously. Looking forward to your 800 conversion as well. May I ask which vehicle you have in mind for the 300 kms assured range car project? |
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1. 115 kms is achieved from my entire battery pack which consists of 16 Cells 250 AH 2. The time taken for conversion when we started a few years ago was 6-8 months. Today we convert cars within 6 weeks. We are trying to standardise things to bring it down to 8 hours eventually. 3. Yes costing is very dynamic as explained previously. Depending on your Range required, Acceleration, Speed and purpose, you can convert cars from as low as 4 lacs to 20-25 lacs. Totally depends on your purpose. The beat costed me 3.5 lacs to convert (Marerial Cost) Plus my labour not considered. 4. We are using Lithium Ferro Phosphate based chemistry. It’s much more safer. No query is rudimentary. Knowledge is knowledge. Be it simple or complex. Together we can join forces to do something crazy. Cheers brother. Quote:
Battery being under the seat is safe because we are using LFP chemistry which are puncture safe. Also every battery is interconnected using fuses. So in case of any short circuit or overload, the chain will break. Plus we have a battery management system to handle each and every cell. But your point is valid, it can have dangerous consequences as a result of which all our future conversion are going to be with sealed battery packs outside the occupant compartment with even higher safety standards. We’re still in the learning phase. Hope you understand. Stay tuned for our next cars with better batteries. Quote:
Regarding renewal of registration, you can renew your vehicle registration by producing it to the RTO for a health check up. And now the Authorities have made a provision to legally convert your car to EV. We are in talks with them to make this standardised. Will update when we progress on this. Quote:
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| ![]() A small video showing the acceleration. It’s taken in Economy mode. Where performance is restricted to 60% and the range is quite high. But since I use only this 90% of the time’s, I thought it’s fair to take a video in this mode only. Also I have not used first gear. That could further make it go faster 😉 Enjoy |
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| ![]() For people like me who runs to a mechanic for minor issues, you are an Elon Musk ![]() |
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| ![]() Fantastic job! Wish all the effort and passion you have put in will blossom into a nice business and put life into old cars and smiles on their owners faces! |
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| ![]() Absolutely brilliant. Very nice to see someone purely on their interest doing something like this. Hope to one day soon do something similar and your help/advise would be forthcoming. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Kuala Lumpur
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| ![]() Hey man! Finally a proper EV conversion project out of India. Very excited!!! Thanks for finally coming out! ![]() I was dreaming of one day opening a garage and convert older W12X series Mercedes or otherwise good cars with blown engine or transmission (I think someone already has mentioned this in the thread). I have an Optra Magnum for example which has enough Engine bay space to put the motor and batteries (not sure about weight distribution though!). I think you already know this, but try focusing on fleet vehicles (Auto?). Although I would love to drive an EV, I think we need our fleet vehicles to convert first as it benefits everyone and fast. I'm stuck in Malaysia and can only hope! Will be following this thread and your youtube channel. |
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I thought of the Mercedes W124 but did not find a good car to begin with. I’m not really focusing on fleets and stuff right now. I’m more of an R&D guy and love doing this for the fun of it. Anyways thanks for your inputs. Will think over it. Hope you return back to your home land and do something for the country soon. Take care buddy. Good day. | |
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| ![]() Excellent work stuntfreak. Really appreciate the drive to experiment the new developments in the automotive segment. You have a great journey ahead and I am sure that you will be an inspiration for many enthusiasts across the globe. Also I believe you will be soon economically successful R&D guy, that many guys dream of. |
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Infractions: 0/1 (4) | ![]() [quote=stuntfreak;4810587]Thanks for your kind words. I thought of the Mercedes W124 but did not find a good car to begin with. /QUOTE] Finally an awesome pure/different car related thread on tbhp. With the lockdown, we had began to go into so many different topics on tbhp ( all good threads but many non car ones). Can you share some more details such as- A) appx cost of converting the Beat for parts and labour. B) RTO formalities. C) Insurance. Thanks for sharing and please do keep it updated. Last edited by KMT : 24th May 2020 at 17:36. |
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Registration formalities include TYPE certification from ARAI post then you need re passing and RC change from RTO. Currently only 2 - 3 companies provide insurance for EVs and you need to valuate your car but most of the times you end up with a third party insurance. Cheers mate Last edited by stuntfreak : 24th May 2020 at 17:19. | |
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| ![]() That’s some very impressive work by you and your team! The overall job looks great and nicely done. A few questions- 1. What’s the impact of the modification on the weight of the car now? 2. You mentioned you are continuing to use the existing gearbox setup (2 speed). Wasn’t it better to go with a single gear? Maybe you could achieve more weight reduction and free up space in the engine bay? Did you have to tweak the gear ratios? Since you’ve done this modification on a beat diesel, I’m assuming that the original gearbox provided much higher low end torque compared with the petrol beat (I happen to own a beat diesel myself). 3. I just saw the pictures of the car again and didn’t see the clutch! Fundamental question - How do you change gears? Last edited by dreamliner17 : 24th May 2020 at 17:28. Reason: Adding points |
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