Re: [EVDL] ForkenSwift on YouTube; net build cost
Very not bad! Good humor, good video effects and nice build on the car!
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I love the emergency disconnect with the clutch pedal. I'm going to have to=
build something in like that.
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The most important thing, is that you've once again proven that cost is not=
the issue to owning an EV. It's strictly a matter of hard work, reading, a=
nd collaboration.
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You know....you can fit maybe 2 or 3 more batteries alone the existing row =
for a little more "oomph". ;-)
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Rich A.
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>Message: 11>Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:51:12 -0700 (PDT)>From: "Darin at- f=
orkenswift.com" <
[email protected]>>Subject: [EVDL] ForkenSwift on YouT=
ube; net build cost>To:
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abble.com>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii> > >For those follo=
wing this project, a new YouTube video is up to mark the car's>transition t=
o legal EV status:> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRBQWXyxSTyU> The vid=
has small amount of fun at GM's expense (which Impact/EV1 fans mayrecogniz=
e), and then shows the car in action. FYI: some beer budget accounting: $67=
2 - the net build cost, excluding taxes, registration & insurance (whichtot=
al nearly the same amount again!). I included inspection fees in thebuild c=
ost however. $1811 - this was the total cash outlay. $1139 - money recover=
ed through: selling ICE parts (nothing was wasted - weactually made a littl=
e profit over the cost of the 2 donor cars!); scraprefunds (a few batteries=
; also the stripped forklift chassis netted ahealthy $364 from the recycler=
- and that included them picking it up); andthe sale of the forklift's tra=
ction motor. Of course this doesn't include the donated stuff (e.g. used ba=
tteries), orthe year and a half of tinker time. $2500 - $3000 - is roughly =
what I figure it would cost someone to replicatethis vehicle with new batte=
ries, minus the blind luck scoring cheap parts &the generosity we encounter=
ed along the way. That includes the donorvehicle. It goes without saying th=
at the car isn't finished yet. Still lots ofdetail work yet left to do, plu=
s watching eBay for a 48-72v controller,etc...> >cheers->Darin> >http://for=
kenswift.com>http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1146>-- =
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