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by DannyBuoy
Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1387

Re: Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion


Awesome project. Please keep us posted.

As an aside, what are your thoughts on the i8? What range do you typically get in max e drive?


They're an awsome car, massive grin factor when driving and just looking at it but unpractical and pretty useless as an EV. They're only good for about 10-15 ...
by DannyBuoy
Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1387

Re: Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion



So I'm after some help and advice which route to go down. Ideally I'd love to keep something BMW about the boat and would absolutely love to use an i8 or i3 motor but I do like the sound of the Lexus GS450h gearbox/inverter so maybe I could use this but with BMW batteries?


You would have to ...
by DannyBuoy
Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1387

Motor Yacht Hybrid Conversion

I've been a petrol head ever since I was a young teen some 30 years ago and been lucky enough to own many great sports cars including building bike engined kit cars and a few track toys.


I was the proud owner of a Tesla P85+ 5 years ago and kept it for 4 years (I usually change cars every few ...