Originally Posted by
rc_dude
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The Tesla, leaf, ect probably huge huge wire/tabs together to wire in parallel too lol Impressive that almost all the technology used in those cars is less than 10 years into development too. The packs I would be doing this to though are 4s 5amp packs though, so they were $50 lol
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The last few years have been interesting no doubt and the future needs sunglasses, but there is a little more than 10 years behind the electrics. Lithiums started in the '70s, with significant milestones in the '90s. The '90s GM Impact - EV1 had a lot of technology in it that has carried over, regenerative braking (just like some RC controllers of the era!), composite and aluminum suspension components, low resistance tires, etc. A lot of the control experience comes from forklifts, golfcarts, and other industrial drive tech. Brushless motors are near ancient. Go really old school, electric cars outsold gas cars in the early 1900s. Sorry for going off topic, sort of an interest of mine.