[IamIan]

Heads up here comes Silver Streak:
See Link for details.

Crazy Highlights.

John Wayland's Gen-1 Honda Insight is being rebuilt for long range BEV. 350 Miles per charge at highway speeds of 55 to 70 MPH.

71.5 kwh battery rated for up to 715 kw of discharge power.
He is expecting to get about ~5 Miles per kwh over the 350 mile run.

He is considering weather to go with a 100 kw or 200 kw motor controller / Inverter and drive motor.

That's crazy ... but I look forward to reading more about it as the story unfolds.

[aeroscott]

Originally Posted by IamIan

Heads up here comes Silver Streak:
See Link for details.

Crazy Highlights.

John Wayland's Gen-1 Honda Insight is being rebuilt for long range BEV. 350 Miles per charge at highway speeds of 55 to 70 MPH.

71.5 kwh battery rated for up to 715 kw of discharge power.
He is expecting to get about ~5 Miles per kwh over the 350 mile run.

He is considering weather to go with a 100 kw or 200 kw motor controller / Inverter and drive motor.

That's crazy ... but I look forward to reading more about it as the story unfolds.

that's 958 hp , can you imagine putting that to the ground , the suspension and full roll cage would need to be like those custom 4x4 rally cars .

[Jozzer]

Originally Posted by aeroscott

that's 958 hp , can you imagine putting that to the ground , the suspension and full roll cage would need to be like those custom 4x4 rally cars .

It say's a 200KW controller, he's building a range car not another dragger!

[toddshotrods]

Nice. I like the plan for Blue Meanie too. Wayland really is an asset to the EV community. I couldn't take the "style" of communication between the guys on the NEDRA boards, but have the utmost respect for what Wayland does on asphalt, cement, and salt... ((thumbs-up))

[DavidDymaxion]

I'm hoping he'll add "salt" to that list. With 200 kW and great Aerodynamics the Insight would be a respectable Salt Flats car.

Originally Posted by toddshotrods

Nice. I like the plan for Blue Meanie too. Wayland really is an asset to the EV community. I couldn't take the "style" of communication between the guys on the NEDRA boards, but have the utmost respect for what Wayland does on asphalt, cement, and sand... ((thumbs-up))

[toddshotrods]

Originally Posted by DavidDymaxion

I'm hoping he'll add "salt" to that list. With 200 kW and great aerodynamics the Insight would be a respectable Salt Flats car.

Actually, I meant to say salt not sand - I was referring to the land speed bike... I edited my post.

[rochesterricer]

I've been reading his blog posts as well and I'm very interested to see the outcomes of these new projects of his.

[aeroscott]

Originally Posted by Jozzer

It say's a 200KW controller, he's building a range car not another dragger!

I didn't say he was . that's what battery pack can do(10xC) 715 KW or 958 hp .

[IamIan]

Originally Posted by aeroscott

I didn't say he was . that's what battery pack can do(10xC) 715 KW or 958 hp .

10C discharge peaks is small compared to the 40C discharge peaks he used in the Zombie.

715kw from batteries would probably at best only give you about ~640kw to the wheels ... still crazy high amount of peak power ... even if he wanted to make it into a drag racer ... he would need some crazy modifications to keep the tires from just spinning out with that kind of power being put down ... and allot of those kinds of modifications would seriously hurt his range goals.

Thinking of crazy uses for that kind of ~600kw of electrical power leads me to lasers... Here is a high power laser diode that can do 500kw to 2MW and is itself only 22x26x8 cm... granted each laser blast only lasts a maximum of 1ns , but still part of me finds it funny... or a Tesla Coil for the car shows... but no ... we want something 'practical' like driving for 350 miles in 1 charge.

[piotrsko]

my thoughts are more related to battery sizing and chemistry. I just cant envision any room in the vehicle except for battery storage