article thumbnail

Does EV home-backup capability outmode the Tesla Powerwall?

Baua Electric

kw AC, while discharge power from the unit is DC and peaks at 9.6 The other necessary piece, the V2H Enablement Kit, costs $5,600 and includes an inverter, a grid disconnect switch, and the 12-volt dark-start battery necessary to move the contactors in the case of a power outage. It’s good for charging at 19.2

GM 52
article thumbnail

EV Toolbox

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Before the accessory battery discharge yesterday, I wrote down a list of things to keep in the EV in case there was a breakdown out on the road. I came up with the following items. Any comments for additions or modifications would be welcome. Next up: fixing the stranded car, looking at the PakTrakr and getting the heater fan to work.

DC 100
article thumbnail

Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

The following is a list of some of the things that I packed that helped to make our trip even more exciting: Portable Grill : One of the things we were looking forward to the most on our road trip was eating some delicious barbecue from our portable grill.

article thumbnail

Road Test: 2022 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The Escape PHEV does not come with a 480V DC Fast Charge option. Interior convenience features include a rear view camera, auto dim rearview mirror, wireless phone charger, compass, dual zone automatic climate control, tilt and telescoping steering column, height adjustable front seatbelts, ambient lighting and a tire inflation kit.

Escape 91
article thumbnail

Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & More…

Get Electric Vehicle

Impacts of Vehicle to Grid on power quality (DC – AC conversion and power injection happens) You may start as follows. Then here is a list of project topics [link] You may go through the comment section of this video to get some more project ideas. #7 52 Hi sir, I am looking forward to working on a bidirectional DC-DC converter.

IDEA 98
article thumbnail

MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. DC PowerSystems : Mega-controller and battery regulators. DC electric motors and controllers DE HAARDT : controllers andremote control equip. Nice folks. Fair RadioSales Co.:

article thumbnail

Opinions and Rants

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I lost much sleep last night obsessing about how I could fix the DC-DC converter and, as a result, I was very tired and had an irritable day. I find out this morning from Ross Cunniff (who also recently completed the 914 AC kit), that he has had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with his CCPower DC-DC converter.

Kits 100