terry | WA Electric Vehicle Trial

REV Racer Recharging at RAC Station

Posted by terry on Mar 23, 2011 in Featured, Recharging, Vehicles | 0 comments

The REV Racer is the second battery-electric conversion undertaken by UWA’s Renewable Energy Vehicle Project (REV) in 2009/2010. The cart is based on a Lotus Elise S2 and has been fitted with a UQM PowerPhase 75kW motor and controller. It contains 83 battery cells with a total of 266V and 16kWh, giving it a range of about 110km. It is not possible to test the car’s maximum speed...

Australian facility wins $160m contract to produce parts for EV’s

Posted by terry on Mar 21, 2011 in Vehicles | 0 comments

Nissan’s once-strong Australian manufacturing presence has trumped fierce global competition to win a contract to make key components for electric cars. Nissan will expand its Dandenong South casting facility this year so it can start producing up to 22,000 aluminium parts a month needed to build the power inverter for the Leaf and other electric vehicles the car maker plans to launch....

Nissan Leaf has battery issues

Posted by terry on Mar 21, 2011 in Recharging, Vehicles | 0 comments

Only an extremely small amount of new cars go from the lot to the road without having some kind of problems. It seems that one part or another will invariably cause problems. Electric cars seem to be no exception to this rule. Read more on what PhysOrg.com has to report on...

Thomas Braunl, Rob Mason and Terry Mader nominated for Award

Posted by terry on Mar 21, 2011 in Events | 1 comment

Thomas Braunl from UWA, Rob Mason from EV Works and Terry Mader from CO2Smart are finalists for the 2011 SEA Awards for Excellence and Innovation in the category Ambassador, for their work in relation to the WA EV Trial. The awards are handed out by Australia’s Sustainable Energy Association who are having their annual conference in Perth this week. The awards will be handed out at the...