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[NanoMech]

A highly-modified Zero at Alice's restaurant, in Woodside, today (August 24): http://wordpress.allelectricvehiclerally.org/

[NanoMech]

And the Electric Vehicle Rally website photo.

[Justin Andrews]

That's Terrys bike is it not?

[protomech]

It is. I believe the lower photo is from last year, when he had the shorter tail mounted.

Here's the latest update from facebook.

Been working on the bike for the last 2 months, and it's almost complete. I have more battery capacity than a Nissan Leaf now.

Met my friend Elsa from France who rides an R6. We went for a fast ride up hwy 9 and Skyline to get here.

My first bar just went away, so I'm about 9% down or 91% charged. I could do this ride 9 more times. Perhaps overkill at this point, as there aren't enough hours in the day to do that.

Here's the last update from Craig on modifications they are making to the bike:
http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/2014-streamliners/2014-Terry's-streamlined-tail-pt-2-p74-.html

He's got about 20 kW of AC charging power up front in the nose, and Craig's blog shows where he mounts the two auxillary packs for a total of 13.1 kWh nominal (ZF-15). The blog mentions that he can mount one more auxillary pack for a total of 15.8 kWh nominal (ZF-18); I guess from his facebook post above (LEAF = around 20-21 kWh available energy) that he is now running two additional packs beyond that, for a total of 8 modules (3 stock, 5 additional).

ZF-24 = 21.0 kWh nominal (65.7V nominal 320 Ah!)

Crazy. He should have about 200 miles of highway range with that configuration and can charge in about an hour with 3 J1772 plugs. Very similar in range and charging capabilities to a Model S 85 kWh, except that he's using 21 kW AC instead of 135 kW DC.

I hope he has reinforced the bike some based upon previous failures. The 5 additional modules will weigh about 250 pounds, the 9 chargers weigh around 200 pounds. Bike curb weight is probably sitting around 900 pounds, as a guess.

[Electric Terry]

I just added 6 kWh more up front under the nose also.  I had 18 kWh before, now it's 24.  Although as I ride it everyday I use 21 kWh. 

I forget how to embed a facebook image here, but here's a link to what it looks like now.  Split in half of course.

https://www.facebook.com/lifeoffthegrid/photos/a.487822534646889.1073741825.164748896954256/647545008674640

[protomech]

This will do it:


Terry, did you remove any Elcons to add more energy? Or did you switch to denser chargers?

[RickSteeb]

I see three Zero's listed in the registration chart for the DeAnza College EV-Rally event on the 20th...  https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=162
Who dat?   

[Richard230]

I just registered, but that 7:00am arrival time is kind of early for me.  I don't think I will make it that early, as I would have to leave around 5:45 to make that time, but I'll give it a try.  The show doesn't start until 10am, I wonder why we need to be there that early?

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up Rick.  I attended the show last year, but I wasn't aware of the date this year.