Electric vehicles are becoming more and more of a part of our scene–check out our video on this Tesla Model 3 autocross car as one example–so it’s no surprise that the aftermarket is stepping up to support their modification. What is surprising? One company doing it: AEM, long known more for fire-spitting race cars than for thoughtful conservation, has …
Having had various EV/hybrid ideas, this is looking promising, I think I may be back to thinking about it a tad more seriously if I can ever come across a TL EV or Hybrid Camry/Optima...
I wonder if this'll drop before the Axiom controller, or how it'll compare.
Oh hell yes.
Crap, this will make the decision concerning my next new (to me) car, all that much more difficult. I had been leaning towards one of 2 ICE cars...and a Prius or Camry hybrid.
The Toyotas I am not in love with, as far as looks, but I want to be environmentally responsible. And I can't quite afford the new(er) hybrid or electric cars.
GIRTHQUAKE said:I wonder if this'll drop before the Axiom controller, or how it'll compare.
It's apples and oranges. The AEM VCUs are Vehicle controllers, where the Axiom is a Motor controller
This just made me wonder if anyone has LS swapped a Tesla yet.
DirtyBird222 said:This just made me wonder if anyone has LS swapped a Tesla yet.
You, I like you. The rage that would spew from that would be well worth it.
This has sent me down a road of research that is monetarily inconvenient.
Error404 said:DirtyBird222 said:This just made me wonder if anyone has LS swapped a Tesla yet.
You, I like you. The rage that would spew from that would be well worth it.
If this is real, our prayers have been answered Tesla LS
This really makes me want to hunt for a high mileage first gen Leaf to narrow the front of the body, and axles, and to make a ghettowing for non-competitive class at the challenge
DirtyBird222 said:Error404 said:DirtyBird222 said:This just made me wonder if anyone has LS swapped a Tesla yet.
You, I like you. The rage that would spew from that would be well worth it.
If this is real, our prayers have been answered Tesla LS
Nobody could be mad at that thing. The TL;DR version is- it cost north of $100K, required all new frame strengthening, a custom aluminum floorpan, and at the end of the day is a wacky, heavy C5 corvette.
Aww! There is a bright shining light among the brain dead Coal Rollers... Kudos.
Can we please agree to stop calling the combination of rare-earth batteries and coal-fired electricity "environmentally responsible"?
^ this but it is likely to change at least to massive amounts of natural gas soon. Renewables would be nice. The cobalt is an issue.
It would be nice to tune something without having to worry about the EPA because it doesn't matter how many electrons cause emissions.
Paul_VR6 said:
It would be nice to tune something without having to worry about the EPA because it doesn't matter how many electrons cause emissions.
How does this actually work for a swap? I know Flyin Miata swaps all the emmisions stuff from the newer donor onto the recipient. If that is the rule, what does a Tesla have that is considered "required" for a legal swap onto an older chassis? Would a non OEM computer be OK?
I only tune race cars, so I am not totally sure. I am thinking because there are no point emissions on a BEV there is no issue here from an EPA or CARB point of view.
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