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Welcome to my Electric Vehicle Build Site.

I will be building my EV using a Solectria AC-55 3-phase motor and an Enova motor controller.  The Enova Controller has an Inverter, DC-DC converter, and Charger in one unit.
 I will be logging my progress on my page .  You can keep track of my current engineering issues as I build my vehicle.  I will list my open tasks on my page in case others can help me on my project.  I will post project documents like schematics, pictures, and other design documents.  If you would like to post on my discussion page that would be great.  If you would like to leave contact information, please do so. 

Project at a Glance:

Here is a quick overview of my EV project.
  • Get Enova controller working.
  • Choose vehicle.
  • Adapt motor for transmission.

Project Objectives

My project objectives are as follows. 
  • Obtain software for Enova Controller
  • Obtain schematics for Enova Converter.
  • If I can't get schematics from Enova.  Reverse engineer Enova controller so that I can design car wiring harness.
  • Decide what brand of lithium battery I should use.
  • Obtain Battery Management System.
  • Install Batteries and BMS.
  • Install 3-phase motor.
  • Install controller.
  • Connect controller and batteries.



































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Rolling Updates

  • Linear LTC6802-1 BMS 12 cell management. This is a 12 cell Battery Management chip with MOSFET driver circuit.Here is a link to the chip made by Linear Technologies - http://www.linear.com/product/LTC6802-1 ...
    Posted Feb 24, 2012 8:46 PM by Paul Schilling
  • Donor Car. I would like an opinion on what type of vehicle I should use for the chassis of the Electric Vehicle.
    Posted Dec 6, 2011 8:44 PM by Paul Schilling
  • Enova Configuration Software Enova configuration software PDS32 running under Wine in MacOS X on an intel i7 processor.
    Posted Dec 1, 2011 8:18 PM by Paul Schilling
  • Similar Project from member of MNEAA. This was posted to youtube by Dale a member of the MNEAA Minnesota Electric Auto Association.  It uses the same 3 phase motor as I am using.  The controller will ...
    Posted Dec 7, 2011 8:17 PM by Paul Schilling
  • Metri-Pack Sealed GPIO connector I found the connector for connecting the accelerator POT, lights, diagnostics, and gauge outputs for the inverter.  This connector is a Metri-Pack 150 series connector made by Delphi.  The ...
    Posted Nov 21, 2011 8:43 PM by Paul Schilling
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