Re: Electric Elan
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:17 pm
How about offering a kit?? Tell us more - PLEASE!
The complete information source for Lotus Elan sportscars.
https://lotuselan.net/forums/
Bombay Racing Green wrote:Hi Richard,
I got a kit ,ironically, from Australia .
There?s a crowd that?s not too far from you that will. https://www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/.
I weighed it today and it came out at 700kg.
Once the Europa?s body is repaired and painted the motor is going back into that and the Elan will revert to gasoline. The performance will be better as the Europa is much lighter than the Elan.
innesw wrote:Thread revival rather than a new thread.
Anybody on here know Mark Sanders? Are you already here Mark?
He is rebuilding an Elan on Instagram with an electric motor and Tesla batteries.
His tag is @lotus_elon
Looks like a nice project, well thought out and properly engineered.
Here's a link for those without smart phones and apps -
https://instagram.com/lotus_elon?igshid=rksi506rowtt
Innes
Bombay Racing Green wrote:Well done Mark! I was wondering how it was going. Glad it’s working out well, despite the naysayers! I recently got two more model s modules to increase the voltage on my car. I also got a leaf motor and inverter for another project. Despite what people thought my conversion ended up lighter than the original car.
nmauduit wrote:interesting ... I looked through the photos and did not notice the total number of Tesla packs : can you tell the battery capacity and battery weight location ?
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LotusElon wrote:nmauduit wrote:interesting ... I looked through the photos and did not notice the total number of Tesla packs : can you tell the battery capacity and battery weight location ?
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Need to look carefully .. there are 3 Tesla modules in the front + motor same weight as Twincam. And 2 modules in the boot (same weight as 1/2 full tank, spare and exhaust) ...overall same weight distribution and slightly lighter.
Full spec: https://issuu.com/mark77a/docs/1_page_a ... y_on_elan_