News:

16th May 2012: Mass-EV power chassis construction is being started.

This week the focus is on starting the physical construction of the Mass-EV. The workshop at Milford Road has been prepared for the construction of the Mass-EV base chassis. Turbo Electric Ltd is also working with other businesses close by to prepare other parts of the Mass-EV. This is started now to target prototype completion summer (Q2) 2012.

7th May 2012: Testing Begun on the High Voltage Charger.

Since we are heading toward a real prototype we are going to need the ability the charge it's battery. Today work has begun developing and testing the high voltage charger. This will be used to charge the lead acid packs for the Mass-EV, but also can be used to charge Prius hybrid batteries. At a cost of around £50 it will form yet another cheap, but reliable component of the Mass-EV. You can follow progress on the project page.

7th April 2012: Prius EV mode controller successfully tested.

Recently Turbo Electric has been testing the new design of controller on a Prius. This is to simplify development as a Prius already has the mechanical arrangement to test a controller. The amazingly simple £600 controller performed much better than expected obtaining 10mph from a 12v standard car battery. The car will be capable of motorway speed from the original 300v powerpack without requiring a fuel engine. The full controller will be published once the patent application is processed.

14th March 2012: Further controller improvements.

Over the last couple of weeks a new controller is emerging from Turbo Electric Ltd which is radically simpler than anything currently used. This new controller is designed with directly coupled gate driver circuits currently unheard of in the brushless motor world. This could revolutionise the design of all electric vehicle controllers as it would make them far cheaper than is currently costed. Details will be published as the patents are applied.

13th February 2012: Work is started on the second car.

Preparations are under way for the 2000 Fiat Punto. There are a few people interested in buying this when it is ready.

9th February 2012: Turbo Electric Ltd working with Qualcomm

Turbo Electric has accepted a contract to work on one of Qualcomms embedded systems. Since Qualcomm are involved in electric car technology they have also asked Turbo Electric to help with patenting. The contract with Vitec will be renegotiated to enable the work to continue. This will provide at least a further £40,000 of funding to continue the research.

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