While the fire damage is significant, there is no structural damage to the car. So I do need to replace many many parts, there is a car to rebuild. Below you will find a summary of the objectives of the rebuild.
Rebuild strategy
During my EV conversion I learned a lot and driving the car also provided me with new insights. This is the opportunity to integrate all that into a better car. So my objectives are:
- Eliminate the gearbox and clutch
- Add CCS DC fast charging
- Distributed controllers instead of one ‘EV Peripherals’ main controller
- Data integration (limits) between BMS, VCU and Charge controller
- Using CAN-BUS more and move away from analog signals
Things I have not decided:
- Active battery cooling (with AC compressor) or not
- Use of a PMU (Power Management Unit) for 12V
Things that I will keep or rebuild in the same way:
- Displays and screens (OLED in the speedometer and ADU centrally in the dash)
- Two 3,3 kW Thunderstruck TSM2500 onboard chargers
- iBooster for power brakes
- Most of the features I already had
Rebuild updates
Major design decisions and milestones will be updated here, but also this project will grow as it goes along.
Major milestones
Rear wheel drive EV conversion motor options
Dry ice cleaning for a fresh start
All latest updates
What caused my electric car fire?
Testing a new iDrive gear selector
Volvo Amazon wagon turned 56 years old
Using the Shining 3D Einstar scanner
Dry ice cleaning for a fresh start
Rear wheel drive EV conversion motor options
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