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Any regen limits are probably due to the battery. The physics are the same whether the stopping torque comes from friction brakes or from the electric motor. The same weight shift occurs, and the same traction limits apply. If the motor can accelerate the car, then it can decelerate it, too...

Thanks for the technical info. If I saw it before, I forgot about it. A Cd of 0.26 is respectable, but with a few adjustments - mainly making the rear "spoiler" flush rather than upturned, and a bit more side taper, I think it could come down more. It already has flush (tiny) door handles and...

I think that torque steer comes from the geometry of the suspension; more than from the actual torque level. The car that I remember having the most torque steer was the first gen Honda Civic (just after the 600) and it was not a torque monster, by any means.

About 70% of the braking power comes from the front wheels, which is why the front brakes are always stronger on all vehicles. So, the proportion of regen available from the front wheels is about the same. There are a bunch of front wheel drive cars and front wheel drive EV's, too, and none...

Front wheel drive will have an advantage in the amount of regen energy available. I agree, this is a very bland design. If it has ~100 mile range, then I'm still interested, though. I'm including the image so we can see it in this thread.

Has anybody heard any news on the next-gen Mitsubishi EV? I certainly hope they surprise us with something like the CA-MiEV, with room for 5 and a range like 180 miles!

My brother's driver side front wore out the inside edge in about 15,000 miles. The passenger side front was not far behind. The dealer checked the alignment and installed some Yokohama tires. My brother is 6'-6"+ and weighs about 265 pounds, so it may just be a camber issue with his weight on...

I like this quote from Wendell Berry: "Once plants and animals were raised together on the same farm - which therefore neither produced unmanageable surpluses of manure, to be wasted and to pollute the water supply, nor depended on such quantities of commercial fertilizer. The genius of America...

Dave, There are a lot more challenges, after we switch to 100% renewable energy. The energy part is less difficult to what comes after - that is why we have to switch so quickly. Food production, and access to water are the main challenge. And the things we actually need, like housing and...

Thank you so much! Can I repost this poem, please?

Renewable energy is really our only option; for the long term. The transition will be difficult, but once we get going with a significant portion of our energy coming from renewable sources, we will begin to see some big benefits.

After several hours of work today, I got the wiper system almost into place. The firewall has several holes in it that will need to be filled in from the inside. The base of the 'A' pillars need to be built up - both to cover the holes needs to clear the ends of the push rods, and to make...

The caveat on the JuiceBox is you also have to buy the J1772 cord and plug. Twelve footer is $130, and you can choose up to a 25' for $200. I emailed questions to them, and they answered *very* quickly: the Premium is an outdoor rated unit, and it has data logging via the wireless link. Both...

Thank you for the reminder on the Juicebox! The price is outstanding, and it has far more features that the others do not offer. It is "future-proof" with the 15kWh capacity.

GM is talking out of both sides of their mouth. They say they want to sell *lots* of EVs and yet they limit the sales areas for the only EV they make. I'm glad you're happy with the Spark EV.

There will be metal subframes in the front and the back, to connect the suspension to the fiberglass composite sandwich chassis. The foam will have fiberglass skins inside and out, and that will be strong enough for things like the wiper system. I will probably have metal 'U' shaped liners in...

A few more hours of work, and I now have the windshield pretty much even; and I have to spray some foam around the back to thicken parts of it up again. I've started carving away the firewall up at the base of the windshield to fit in the wiper system. Yes, I cut through at the sides and...

I had a productive day (so far) - I have cut the windshield opening! Here's the progression: The big moment has arrived! An interesting sidebar: Nissan is selling a new and improved Leaf battery pack for $5,500. I could buy two packs and fit them into CarBEN EV5; which would be...

24.052 sq ft of frontal area X 0.35 = CdA = 8.4182 sq ft.

Very cool! Is one of the 6 steps for *no* regen?