On Wednesday we took the Spitfire on it's first extended test drive. We drove it about 18 miles with no issues. We did have a weird sound coming from the motor compartment but after an unsuccessful search and shop test, we took it for another 15 mile test drive and could not reproduce the sound. It may have just been the motor brushes working in, but we will have to keep an eye on it through more testing.
EV Spitfire in the Wild...We had several people stop and ask questions with the hood open.
EV Spitfire in the Wild...We had several people stop and ask questions with the hood open.
Check out some driving footage of the Spitfire EV below
Some additional progress was also made this week. We removed the aluminum plate holding the motor controller and replaced it with a finned aluminum heat sink to aid in heat dissipation off the controller. We also re-installed the seats and installed new air shocks in the rear.
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