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Written by jonR   
Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00

The purpose of JaB EV is to create electric vehicles.  Electric cars can be converted from regular gasoline cars by removing the engine, radiator, exhaust, gas tank, sensor wiring, etc..., and adding an electric motor, battery pack and controller.   Making a car electric, greatly reduces the mechanical and even the electrical complexity.  It is also a very economical process, costing less than you might think.  Also, running on electricity costs about a third of gasoline.  This is because the efficiency of an electric motor is about three times better than a gasoline engine.

We hope to be able to offer a selection of options with costs between $5,000 and $10,000.  Honestly, you can spend as much as you want depending on how far you want to go between charges and how fast you want the vehicle to be.

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 11:08
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Proposed Conversion PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:00
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Electric Conversion
For the next conversion, I would propose building a 144 volt system for a small, light-weight car.  I would propose using something like a 1988-1992 Honda Civic DX.  Stock, this car weighs about 2100 pounds (700 pounds less than the Prospector) and has about 100 hp.  Using a 144 volt system and a "600 amp" controller that will only pull about 350 amps, we would have a peak of about 68 hp.  If we had a controller that actually pulled 600 amps, it would be 116 peak hp (yes, that is more than stock).  According to my calculation, it would have a range of about 42 miles and a top speed of 85 mph.  This would be more than acceptable for 90% of America as a daily commuter.  I estimate that we would charge about $9800 for such a conversion.  At this price, we would barely be making anything for ourselves.  But the experience is worth it.

If you are interested in being our first customer conversion, please contact us.
Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 21:01
 
Energy Costs of an EV PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Tuesday, 18 November 2008 00:00
How do you feel about paying $1.44/gallon of gasoline?  Right now, with gasoline prices about $2.00, it does not seem like that huge savings, but when you consider gas going back up to $4/gal, paying $1.44 is an incredible deal.  Well, according to our calculations, that is the equivalent cost for an electric car paying $0.08/kWh for electricity.  Electricity costs do not go up and down very often.  They are not related to wars in other countries.  Electricity profits local companies.  Electricity can come from renewable energy sources (gasoline cannot).  Part of the reason there is so much difference in the cost of electricity and gasoline is because electric motors are about 3 times as efficient as gasoline engines.  The theoretical maximum efficiency limit of a gasoline engine is about 35% (depends on a lot of factors); most engines are less.  It is common for electric motors to be up to 95% efficient at converting electricity into motion.
Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 11:29
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Possible Changes to the Prospector EV PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Wednesday, 05 November 2008 00:00
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Installing Battery Pack: Trojan T-105's
It would be interesting to try adding another 12 volts to our battery pack and see if we burn out our controller or not.  The controller is specked for 72V, but has an over-range protection for a high floating pack.  I am betting that it can even be used higher than that, but the manufacturer wont say so, because they can charge more for a higher voltage controller.  If we do fry the controller, I could probably take it appart, and fix it, and then we would know what the limit is, or maybe I could bump it up myself.

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 11:10
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Website changes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Monday, 30 June 2008 16:49

Hello, Everyone!

Please bear with us as we are in the process of completely revamping the website.  We are currently trying to install Joomla and fill it with our content.

The archive page is at http://jabev.com/jabArchive.

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I Believe in Electrons

Our First Electric Vehicle Conversion

If at first you don't succeed

...add more batteries.

$1.44/gal of Gasoline

Except with electricity.

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