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The iMiEV is back!

December 30, 2015

I got my car back yesterday! The dealer had my car for 20 days! I was told that much of that was waiting for parts, and then “well it’s the holidays…”. I originally took the car to the dealer to get some open recalls taken care of: vacuum pump, impact sensors, and underbody corrosion prevention. […]

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Triple-Charger Real World Testing

August 12, 2015

Yesterday, I got to take the bike out for a ride and test out how it would work in more or less “Real-World” conditions, charging with ALL THREE CHARGERS. To start with, where do I put the second two chargers!? While I could make them fit in the trunk, it would be a tight squeeze, […]

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Road-Trip Testing & Charging Adventure!

August 4, 2015

Yesterday morning, I decided the head out on the Vectrix to start determining how far I could ride on my 9KWH Nissan Leaf battery pack in real-world riding conditions. Because there are so few public EV charging stations in my area, I decided to head up to a particular state park. If needed, I could […]

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Charging, Adapters, and RV parks

August 2, 2015

This weekend, I had a chance to keep working on battery charging for the Vectrix and start working on adapters as well. To start with, I assembled the second set of three Mean Well power supplies in series to create another charger. I set all three to a matching maximum current and even 50V output. […]

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First Charging with Power Supplies

July 26, 2015

Yesterday morning, I got my first chance to charge my cycle with the Mean Well power supplies. First, I wired the output of the three in series, connecting black to red, black to red with automotive butt connectors with built-in heat shrink. The metal cases of the power supplies are isolated from the DC outputs, […]

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Charging with Power Supplies

July 24, 2015

I recently got back from traveling to Ohio to participate in the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge. (For full details, visit THIS blog entry…) One of the lessons learned on the trip is I NEED BETTER/FASTER CHARGING. I wasn’t able to complete the ride on my Vectrix electric motorcycle, partly due to the batteries not […]

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1st Mini-Road Trip on the Vectrix

May 29, 2015

Yesterday, I clocked 72.3 miles on the Vectrix. One of the two people that I sold the rest of the Nissan LEAF cell modules to is Nick. He lives in the greater Milwaukee, WI area, and has the same Vectrix as I do. I mean the SAME! It is also a 2007 VX-1 and it’s […]

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The DIY J1772 Charging Adapter

March 31, 2015

Not long after I purchased the Vectrix, I started wondering “If it’s an international vehicle, what would it take to charge on 240V (instead of 120V) and from a public J1772 Level 2 EV charging station?”. Everything I had heard lead me to believe that the charger on the bike is much like a modern […]

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Test-Driving the Tesla S

September 27, 2013

Wooooo-Hoooo! The Tesla S is a BLAST to drive! So how did I weasel my way into a test-drive? I had already seen the e-mail that there were going to be Tesla test drives in my area, but I dismissed it, knowing that I wouldn’t be available at those times. However, I got an e-mail […]

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400 Watt Solar-Charger

September 7, 2013

Besides chipping away on the DIY Hybrid Truck lately, I’ve also been busy working on a solar charging system for the Electric Motorcycle and the Citicar. This summer, I attended the MREA, and was able to borrow a 48V solar panel to charge the cycle while there. I used a disconnect and charge controller I […]

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