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Title: 24 Hours of Electricross
Post by: visforvoltage on April 13, 2009, 05:57:34 AM

Hi, it doesn't look like y'all have any news on this event which was held last weekend.  BTW I am the owner of the V is for Voltage forum, another place that specializes in electric vehicles including electric motorcycles.  I myself own two electric motorcycles but I might post about those elsewhere.

I attended the Electricross race and posted a couple videos on my podcast:

http://www.7gen.com/blog/20090411/25537-podcast (http://www.7gen.com/blog/20090411/25537-podcast) Technosanity #25: 24 Hours of Electricross - Interview with Neal Saiki

http://<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AfnMAJLaYQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="302" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>

http://www.7gen.com/blog/20090412/25538-podcast (http://www.7gen.com/blog/20090412/25538-podcast) Technosanity #26: Interview w/ Don Amador at 24 Hours of Electricross

Title: Re: 24 Hours of Electricross
Post by: skadamo on April 13, 2009, 09:38:37 PM

Hey, welcome to the forum!  You have a great site over there at Visforvoltage.

Thanks for the links to the interview and the podcast.  The information about the quick change battery pack was interesting.   I will listen to the podcast on my way home.  Information was a little hard to come by for electricross but I did post a few links to articles I believe in the racing section.

Would have been nice if some other bikes were at the electricross.  Do they plan on holding another next year?

Title: Re: 24 Hours of Electricross
Post by: picasso on April 14, 2009, 09:06:19 AM

Yes for sure it will be held next year I was told, I asked about different classes for the race. Since Id guess some would my on the new MX bike and others on X and so fourth. I'm sure next year we will see other bikes enter.

The fast charger was just two chargers tied to one line with a fan to force air out of the top of the batt. The pack is designed for forced air cooling it seems. During the race Zero employees would come around checking charge voltage and amperage going to the packs. I have to wonder why it took till now to put out the fast charger? Have the cells changed from the first zeros to allow this?