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Brushless DC EV motors from China

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Impressive find :eek:
 
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I have contacted the DC motor makers asking for prices for there 144V 10KW + range. Will post back what i find out.

Untested controllers make me nervous, had a dodgy kelly before using a curtis that had crap acceleration (for a race car) from 0 but good from 10kph +. Im also looking for a 144V 1000A+ model, but if the price is right 500V 600A would do! If anyone buys/gets more info/owns the company please share.

cheers
Taffy
 
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l, but if the price is right 500V 600A would do! If anyone buys/gets more info/owns the company please share.

cheers
Taffy
300,000 watts? :eek: why on earth
 
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Those are sort of small motors, the largest one is 74 nm, or 54 ft lbs of torque, RPM of 3600, with a price of $3600 for motor and controller. The HPG AC systems get you 100 ft lbs of torque, 6500 RPM, for $4200 for motor and controller, and you don't have to ship them from China.
 
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I'm pretty sure that one table is for the motors and the second is for the controllers, so $1176 for the largest motor plus $2544 for the matching controller equals $3720, not including shipping I'll bet, for a motor that produces 54 ft lbs of torque and 3500 RPM, and weighs 224 lbs. That makes it twice as heavy as a HPG motor with about half the torque and half the RPM. Not a great deal from what I can see.
 
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I recognize some of the motors and transaxles shown in the PDF file links. Some of the products are listed on Alibaba and are being sold by folks in australia. This is a real company, but I didn't realize their product range was so wide.

Efiero, is there any news from this?

I wouldn't worry about shipping cost. Remember it was a mere $300 to have my battery pack shipped from china by sea. This motor will not be as large or heavy and when you consider the fact that these are LIQUID cooled motors, this could certainly be a good find.
 
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I might just try that. In the mean time, I found the main company website:

http://www.china-electricmotor.com/

Here's the brushless motors:

http://www.china-electricmotor.com/Products.asp?BigClassName=Brushless%20Motors&Smallclassname=DC%20Brushless%20Motors

If you look at the listings for the blue motors (AC or DC brushless), you'll find that the least efficient motors are still at least 92% efficient even in the fractional Hp range, with the high end comming close to 97%........yummy.......:cool:

From what I can tell this company is an apointed exporter for dozens, perhaps hundreds, of motor manufacturers in china. Not unlike what Sino Rich Group is for the battery company I got my lithiums from. Just have to fugure out if there is a better person or division to contact within the group. They don't seem to be on alibaba, but are on other B2B websites.
 
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Anyone up for a group buy (or at least two people)? I have been looking at these myself, as I want to go with BLDC. These prices are reasonable and the specs look good. My main concerns at this point are shipping costs and contact infromation in case the stuff turns out to be junk (which I hope is not the case).

Also, do these have regen and a regen switch built in? I looked, but did not see... Regen is really something that I want to do, and it is relatively easy with BLDC.

I like the DL144-15.0B3 motor and corresponding controller (DCBL144-14.0B3); 144V, 15kW...those are exactly what I need.
 
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I would probably be in on any group buy, but some one still has to extablish contact with them first. The cool reception that Efiero got so far is not encouraging. I sent an inquiry and have yet to hear back from them.

I've been reading up on the specs for some of their systems and these are mostly industrial motors, but some are also intended for mobile traction.