Tuning and Electric Vehicles...?
Discussion
I read I think on here, that in the year 2018 it was that absolute peak for combustion engined vehicle sales worldwide. From here on in, combustion engined vehicle sales will decline as EV sales increases.
Can EV vehicles be tuned (for power) or is it a case of early days, no one knows and wait and see?
Is a battery of a set dimension a specific KW or can if be tweaked observing the set dimensions? or is it a software thingy?
Can EV vehicles be tuned (for power) or is it a case of early days, no one knows and wait and see?
Is a battery of a set dimension a specific KW or can if be tweaked observing the set dimensions? or is it a software thingy?
there will be the ability to do this in time.
its the same as a petrol or diesel car, they are tuned for optimum efficiency on various fuels and climates. there are many methods of getting power out, with remaps, part replacements (turbos. intakes, exhausts etc etc) these all push the engine towards its limits
electric cars will be the same, set so the batteries and motor don't overheat when ran in Dubai, meaning there will be a margin to up this is cooler climates. power supplied to the motor could potentially be remapped via the inverter, (not much different to upping the boost on ICE turbos)
In time there will be a market for uprated motor cables, people swapping out motors, custom battery mods and allsorts or stuff - once there is money to be made when EV cars are more affordable and widespread!
its the same as a petrol or diesel car, they are tuned for optimum efficiency on various fuels and climates. there are many methods of getting power out, with remaps, part replacements (turbos. intakes, exhausts etc etc) these all push the engine towards its limits
electric cars will be the same, set so the batteries and motor don't overheat when ran in Dubai, meaning there will be a margin to up this is cooler climates. power supplied to the motor could potentially be remapped via the inverter, (not much different to upping the boost on ICE turbos)
In time there will be a market for uprated motor cables, people swapping out motors, custom battery mods and allsorts or stuff - once there is money to be made when EV cars are more affordable and widespread!
Turfy said:
...From here on in, combustion engined vehicle sales will decline as EV sales increases.....
Only if people allow it of course.If they wish to keep internal combustion engines then en mass we need to keep buying them and not be drawn in to the world of electric milk floats.
On top of that we need to vote in parties that do not view the world as dictated by Al Gore.
This year was a peak.... but what about next year?
Signs are of a slow down so I guess you could say it was peak, but I would say you need a good 2-3 years to make the trend clearly downward to claim x year was the peak.
Its like people who claim peak oil. We've gone past it how many times?
Signs are of a slow down so I guess you could say it was peak, but I would say you need a good 2-3 years to make the trend clearly downward to claim x year was the peak.
Its like people who claim peak oil. We've gone past it how many times?
Turfy said:
I read I think on here, that in the year 2018 it was that absolute peak for combustion engined vehicle sales worldwide. From here on in, combustion engined vehicle sales will decline as EV sales increases.
Can EV vehicles be tuned (for power) or is it a case of early days, no one knows and wait and see?
Is a battery of a set dimension a specific KW or can if be tweaked observing the set dimensions? or is it a software thingy?
I've posted on this before.Can EV vehicles be tuned (for power) or is it a case of early days, no one knows and wait and see?
Is a battery of a set dimension a specific KW or can if be tweaked observing the set dimensions? or is it a software thingy?
Yes there certainly is potential.
Firstly you just have the electronic programming side of things. This will control the current and throttle curve as well as the punch of the motor. Tweaking these settings will allow the motor to respond differently, but maybe at the cost of excess heat and high battery consumption. As well as increased risk breaking other mechanical parts.
I suspect some motors Peak output is also restricted by a setting in the electronics. So altering this may give more overall power as well, as well as changing the actually throttle curve.
It is also possible to swap in different motors (in theory) to give different performance. Or increase the battery voltage.
Just over a year ago my then 1 year old Tesla was “uncorked” as it’s called in the States. They plugged the car in to double check on a particular battery/fuse component and having passed that test tweaked the software. Took about an hour.
My 0-60 went from 5.2 secs to 4.2 and the acceleration is noticeably better in the lower/mid ranges. Not that it was slow before!
They did this free of charge to all eligible cars to bring them in line with the specs on cars being ordered thereafter.
My 0-60 went from 5.2 secs to 4.2 and the acceleration is noticeably better in the lower/mid ranges. Not that it was slow before!
They did this free of charge to all eligible cars to bring them in line with the specs on cars being ordered thereafter.
rockin said:
In a single word, 300 sweeps away all the laws of physics.
What a fool.
Is the same true with tuning IC engines then? Yet people seem to do that, indeed there is a huge multi million £/$ industry doing just such.What a fool.
Design specs for a car may well also not be the limitation of the components they used to build it. So there may well be good chance to "tweak" it with little or no risk at all in terms of "fire", e.g. motor speed might be restricted to 70% of what the motor can achieve.
DJP31 said:
Just over a year ago my then 1 year old Tesla was “uncorked” as it’s called in the States. They plugged the car in to double check on a particular battery/fuse component and having passed that test tweaked the software. Took about an hour.
My 0-60 went from 5.2 secs to 4.2 and the acceleration is noticeably better in the lower/mid ranges. Not that it was slow before!
They did this free of charge to all eligible cars to bring them in line with the specs on cars being ordered thereafter.
How did that affect the range, using the extra performance?My 0-60 went from 5.2 secs to 4.2 and the acceleration is noticeably better in the lower/mid ranges. Not that it was slow before!
They did this free of charge to all eligible cars to bring them in line with the specs on cars being ordered thereafter.
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