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Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 07 October 2008 00:00

prospector
Pushing the Prospector
Well we got it to move of it's own accord about 11:00pm.  We took it around the block a few times with some friends.  It seemed to accelerate much slower than we had hoped.  The following day, we decided to do a more thorough test, so we grabbed our wives, and hit the road.


Let me just say, we probably should have topped off the batteries. 

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Finishing the Prospector EV PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Monday, 06 October 2008 00:00
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Jon and Brian
It is fun being so close to getting this electric vehicle conversion finished.  Brian has machined the coupler and adapter plate and electronics tray.  We have mounted the motor to the transmission.  We are wiring the battery pack and running the wires through the car to the engine bay.  We will mount the controller, contactor, and pot box to the electronics tray and wire everything up.  Also, I was able to find a nifty RFID reader and tags online and plan to use that for the key, kind of like the Prius (as I understand). 
 
Prospector EV Parts Have Arrived PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Thursday, 14 August 2008 12:51

parts
Motor Controller

The EV parts for the Prospector have come.  We now have everything except for the batteries.  We were purposefully waiting on those until last, so that they are not just sitting around draining themselves. 

 

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What We Do PDF Print E-mail
Written by jonR   
Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00

The purpose of JaB EV is to create electric vehicles.  Electric cars can be converted from regular gasoline cars by removing the engine, radiator, exhaust, gas tank, sensor wiring, etc..., and adding an electric motor, battery pack and controller.   Making a car electric, greatly reduces the mechanical and even the electrical complexity.  It is also a very economical process, costing less than you might think.  Also, running on electricity costs about a third of gasoline.  This is because the efficiency of an electric motor is about three times better than a gasoline engine.

We hope to be able to offer a selection of options with costs between $5,000 and $10,000.  Honestly, you can spend as much as you want depending on how far you want to go between charges and how fast you want the vehicle to be.

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Website changes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Monday, 30 June 2008 16:49

Hello, Everyone!

Please bear with us as we are in the process of completely revamping the website.  We are currently trying to install Joomla and fill it with our content.

The archive page is at http://jabev.com/jabArchive.

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