electricyaris.com - Page 2

The Toecutter · 11-16-2006, 08:54 PM

Here he's going to drop all of this cash on a new car and use a 192V AGM lead acid pack? 16 Exide Orbitals would get him about 25 miles range to 100% discharge in that car.

Whatever floats his boat, but that money spent on a new car would be better spent on a set of NiCds... A CRX with about 1,000 pounds of NiCds would have little trouble doing 120+ miles range at 60 mph. Although, I can understand AGMs from a performance perspective. He is planning on a 300V Zilla controller, after all. I'd estimate with 3,000 lbs curb weight, 192V of Exide Orbitals, a Zilla 1k controller, and WarP 9" motor, this car will do 0-60 mph in the low to mid 7 seconds area and 1/4 mile in the mid to upper 15s. This doesn't factor in whether the car is front or rear wheel drive. I don't know much about the Yaris. If it's FWD, it may be doing 16s-17s in the 1/4 mile drag race, instead of 15s. Traction is a ***** for FWD EVs.

Here's his austinev.org entry:

http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/922

MetroMPG · 11-22-2006, 08:19 AM

Another echo/yaris sibling about to go electric:

Documenting the conversion of a Scion Xa gas (ICE) to electric (BEV).
http://www.evconvert.blogspot.com/

(Just started - not much there yet.)

BradleyDalton · 03-22-2009, 11:22 PM

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dkjones96 · 04-21-2009, 09:53 AM

I'd prefer an old RWD Corolla, Supra, RX7, or Miata.

I only mention rear wheel drive because if you opt out of the transmission it is much easier to do. Plus, you also have more options as almost anything can be used for a gearbox since it has only one output shaft instead of needing the fwd transaxle.

theholycow · 04-21-2009, 10:46 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Reliant cites the Reliant (badge-engineered Aries IIRC) at 2300 lbs.

Not sure if this is the right model, but it looks right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AE86 says RWD corolla weighs around 2000 lbs.

**Jay2TheRescue** · 04-21-2009, 12:40 PM

But for 300 pounds more the Aries K is a lot roomier than the Corolla, and has a much larger trunk to store batteries in. You're comparing a midsize Dodge Aries to a compact Corolla. Taking into account the larger car, for 300 pounds more. The Aries had a nice size trunk. Pleanty of room for batteries, and still have room for a few bags of groceries.