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Hi all, Is the motor in the RAV4 EV the same in terms of power/size spec as the Model S 40? I was looking through wikipedia and the numbers look different. Do we have a smaller electric motor? Even the battery power out put of the Model S 40 is greater than that of the RAV4 EV's 41.8 KWh...

Full size boattail would give you a nice crumple zone that could, well maybe, mitigate some damage depending on what the other person is doing as he crashes in to you. Just saying. Anyway, I took my rav4 ev to the toyota collision center that was certified to work on the rav4 ev. They did great...

Someone placed a boat tail on a Geo Metro and gained a %15.1 improvement on their MPG: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/project-geo-metro-boat-tail-prototype-15-mpg-10691.html The Geometro has a 0.32 Drag coefficient and our Rav4 EV has a 0.31 Drag Coefficient, so they are pretty...

I used the aero template from ecomodder and tried to figure out just how long a full sized boat tail would be for our rav4 ev. I came up with that template up there and also another where the template slopes faster than the tampering on our rav4 ev's roof @ the end. I don't know which is more...

Hi Tony! I did not know our EV windshield was thicker than the regular ravs. That makes me feel special :lol: . Speaking about Wheels aluminium or magnesium seem to be the lightest picks out there for weight reduction. I believe our rav4 ev has steel wheels? I never actually checked, but I...

Hi Guys, Since Regen looks to be on a preset setting I'd guess that weight reduction on the RAV4 EV would cause it to stop quicker through regen? Doing the opposite (more weight) would cause the rav4 ev to stop later with regen use only? Regen seems to be preset to X level @ X speed value on...

Good luck on the hacking that is probably the worst part about all of this. Would it not be possible to take a secondary rav4 ev's power train (battery, motor, & brain) and add it to our rav4 ev then control both units with the same accelerator pedal? I don't think they would be quite in sync...

This is the best option in my opinion. By the way the best way to reach Troy is through e-mail. He tends to be pretty busy.

Hey guys, http://evtv.me/2017/05/doka-tesla-model-s-brightly/ They got a motor unit from a Model S installed and working as a RWD set up in the 1990 Volkswagen Type II Transporter DOKA. They show a video with the full set up and how they adapted the motor along with how they working the...

I keep hearing this talk about bad electric motors only needing ball bearings changed out to work as good as new over at tesla reddit. Mainly in the new EXTENDED CPO PROGRAM topic that came up. Its about high millage Tesla Model S getting only 2 years extended warranty instead of 4 I believe...

Hi Miimura, How come our pack is so oddly shaped as opposed with the Model S pack being so flat and smooth? It looks to me like there is extra space in there for some more battery modules. Can we not do battery pack module stacking with our pack? It looks like there is some stacking going on if...

Always wondered if there was any extra space in the case. From the looks of it in this picture from http://99mpg.com/blog/somanybatteriessolittletime/ My depth perception is not that good. Am I seeing 5 bumps with batteries inside of them and space between the humps? or is it humps on top of...

Hi Ph2 So the rear cargo space is not where the fuel tank used to be? When you say wires and hoses in the trans tunnel I'd assume it is the High Voltage orange cables from the Tesla Battery pack? And the hoses are the cooling lines for the Tesla Battery pack? I mean, I personally don't like...

Hi Miimura! Thank you for that. The pedestrian warning is the swooshing sound like a spaceship right? So is the WIRRRRR sound the motor itself? My unit makes that sound pretty consistently but it seems not so much in R. I did catch that it does do it in R but very lowly. When I floor it the...

Hi Guys, Just wondering if the WIRRR sound is from the motor when the rav4 ev is in forward motion. Not the spaceship swoosh sound. I know that one comes from the driver side speaker in the hood. I ask because I think in reverse there is no WIRRR sound from the rav4 ev. If true... why WIRRR...

I've always wondered about just how much space is being used inside the RAV4 EV's Transmission tunnel. I believe it was sold in AWD and so there is some space in there where the trans should be, right? Anyway, I also wonder if there is any extra space left between the sandwiching of the Tesla...

Toyota hates EV with a passion. They did not want to make EVs come off as luxury thus cheap RAV4 EV body! My take on it.

That green light I believe shows that the dimming function on the rear view mirror is on. press the CIRCLE button on the far right, I believe, to turn it off. The Green light turns on every time you turn on the rav4 ev. If a car behind you has really high bright beam lights the rear view mirror...

I kept wondering if our RAV4 EV does indeed have larger and heavier wheels than the 2013 Tesla Model S. Every time I see the Model S I always notice it has pretty big wheels, so I checked to see if it was true: And here is a quote from Tony I found in the forums: So our Rav4 EV has a single...

Old thread but.... It is under the lead acid battery next to the frame rail. Grey cable last I checked. I think there is another one of these on the right side, passenger side, but I'm unsure if its for the pedestrian warning sound system. Could be the actual horn? I can't even find it but I...