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PostPosted: June 25, 2009, 9:10 am 
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Sadly he has disappeared. Though there are 4 EV power lotus 7 in Aus. 2 Locosts (under construction, 1 of is mine), 1 lotus 7 replica of unknown origin and a Birkin.

None are running Lithium ion that i know of, the Birkin ran some series 1 thundersky which turned out to be rubbish and now has lead acids.
I loved the though of inboard shocks from an aero point of view.

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PostPosted: June 25, 2009, 10:56 am 
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ftaffy wrote:
Sadly he has disappeared. Though there are 4 EV power lotus 7 in Aus. 2 Locosts (under construction, 1 of is mine), 1 lotus 7 replica of unknown origin and a Birkin.

None are running Lithium ion that i know of, the Birkin ran some series 1 thundersky which turned out to be rubbish and now has lead acids.
I loved the though of inboard shocks from an aero point of view.

Interesting. Do you have a link to build log or writeup on your build?

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PostPosted: June 29, 2009, 9:20 pm 
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I do, i am not up installing any electrical gear yet. Still assembling the chassis and working on the suspension. I need to do another update as i have not done one in 3 weeks or so - been a slow 3 weeks or so though.

http://www.oz-clubbies.com/forums/blog/ ... /index.php?

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PostPosted: June 30, 2009, 8:56 am 
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Speaking of EV's, a Citicar and a Commutacar showed up on the Atlanta Craigslist in the last few days.


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PostPosted: August 13, 2010, 12:44 am 
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Okay, it's been over a year . . .anyone got anything new on this whole idea?

How about a HYBRID, using a cheap gas engine to charge things up? If you can run one of these with a motorcycle engine, it should be simple to go Electro.


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PostPosted: January 8, 2011, 7:23 pm 
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Really late reply, the ozclubbies.com site is no more. The site has become www.ozclubbies.com.au, a link to the build log is below. Note that you need to sign in to be able to view the forum.

http://www.ozclubbies.com.au/index.php?/topic/22-taffys-electric-clubman/

Progress is fairly slow, getting married in a couple of months but i keep doing bits and pieces on it.

How it looks at the moment.
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Are there any more EV locosts out there now?

Cheers,
Taffy

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