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Australian student invents affordable hybrid electric car conversion kit
- westurner 3y agoFrom "Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit" (2023) https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/09/alexander-burton-revr-electric-car-conversion-kit/ https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/09/alexander-burton-revr-elec... : > Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric, winning the country's national James Dyson Award in the process. > Titled REVR (Rapid Electric Vehicle Retrofits), the kit is meant to provide a cheaper, easier alternative to current electric car conversion services, which Burton estimates cost AU$50,000 (£26,400) on average and so are often reserved for valuable, classic vehicles. > [...] With REVR, those components are left untouched. Instead, a flat, compact, power-dense axial flux motor would be mounted between the car's rear wheels and disc brakes, and a battery and controller system placed in the spare wheel well or boot. > Some additional off-the-shelf systems – brake and steering boosters, as well as e-heating and air conditioning – would also be added under the hood. > By taking this approach, Burton believes he'll be able to offer the product for around AU$5,000 (£2,640) and make it compatible with virtually any car. AU$5,000 is $3,146.90 USD.
- westurner 3y agoAnd then for the other side of the wheel, From "JPL Open Source Rover Project" (2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37619564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37619564 : > TIL about teh "Bush Winch" which mounts to a tire for off-road vehicle recovery. Note the winch line blankets, snatch blocks, and tree protectors in this video about off-road vehicle recovery: https://youtu.be/OXxLh8shMu8?si=bv59t8T1or07-K7l https://youtu.be/OXxLh8shMu8?si=bv59t8T1or07-K7l https://www.bushwinch.com/ https://www.bushwinch.com/