Research and Development Program
This is the program for the research and development projects.
The pages here are for information about the detailed progress of the R&D effort.
Research Lab
The research lab is for investigating the state of current technology.
Prius Research
One good example of current controllers and motors is the Toyota Prius.
To that extent Turbo Electric has acquired two Gen 1 Pruises to experiment and test.
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Full Pinout of the PM200CVB060 (previously unreleased)
Full pinout of the PM200CVB060 IGBT Power Inverter Module.
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EV0 Research
This is a Fiat 126 purchased about 3 years ago with the intention to turn it into an electric vehicle.
Fiat 126 is a very small car which is powered by a 650cc 2-cylinder air cooled rear petrol engine.
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Software Lab
The software is possibly the most complex part of the project to develop.
Here we strongly believe in simplicity, small steps and peer reviewing.
Because of this, the software will be open source and the steps well documented for maximum peer understanding.
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Electronics Lab
In the Electronics Lab there are projects which are all targeted at research and development of the patent technologies to ensure the uniqueness of the Mass-EV and other projects.
The projects are focussed on either drastically bringing cost down for the Mass-EV project or improving the driving experience of the Impulse-EV Project (or in some cases both).
Controller Development
Since we are building a new controller using the patent method of integrated (super- or ultra-) capacitors,
we need to build the controller from scratch.
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PIC Development
The controller board is starting life as a simple kit which is available from Maplin
The kit is a Velleman K8048.
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High Voltage Charging
In order to charge this car it will need a high voltage charger.
It's either that or we attempt to charge the 60 x 12v batteries in parallel!
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Machine Shop
One of the skills I need to obtain in order to progress with the motor construction is machining.
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I have other project areas here and here which require logons.
This project looks interesting: cmmn.org
