Keeping the EV cool

After I posted about my MOT woes on the Open Inverter forum, the ever-helpful Damien Maguire chipped in. It seems my occasional loss of torque may be related to a temperature issue with the Prius Gen 3 inverter. Damien, who runs this setup in his E39, has found that this inverter needs serious coolant flow to keep it cool. Without this, the remaining Toyota brain … Continue reading Keeping the EV cool

Tom Cheesewright8 August 202113 November 2021Leave a comment

DIY EV

Fail, but in a bad way

I went into the first MOT test with genuinely zero expectation that we would pass. I needed a to-do list but there were some things I thought would rule out a pass first time. So when we failed so narrowly, I was elated. Going into the retest I was much more nervous. It felt like there was a real chance we would pass. I was … Continue reading Fail, but in a bad way

Tom Cheesewright4 August 202113 November 2021Leave a comment

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Keeping the EV cool

Fail, but in a bad way