Owerenga ena angakumbukire kuti ndinagula galimoto yamagetsi yotsika mtengo ku Alibaba miyezi ingapo yapitayo. Ndikudziwa izi chifukwa ndakhala ndikulandira maimelo pafupifupi tsiku lililonse kuyambira pamenepo ndikufunsa ngati galimoto yanga yamagetsi yaku China (ena moseka amaitcha kuti F-50 yanga) yafika. Tsopano nditha kuyankha kuti, “Inde!” ndikugawana nanu zomwe ndapeza.
Ndinapeza galimoto iyi koyamba pamene ndinkayang'ana Alibaba ndikuyang'ana chidutswa cha sabata iliyonse cha Alibaba Weird Electric Cars of the Week chomwe ndimapeza sabata iliyonse.
Ndinapeza galimoto yamagetsi pamtengo wa $2000 ndipo inkaoneka bwino kwambiri koma chiŵerengero chake chinali pafupifupi 2:3. Imayenda 25 mph yokha. Ndipo injini imodzi yokha yokhala ndi mphamvu ya 3 kW. Ndipo muyenera kulipira ndalama zowonjezera pa mabatire, kutumiza, ndi zina zotero.
Koma kupatula mavuto onsewa ang'onoang'ono, galimoto iyi ikuoneka yopusa, koma ndi yabwino. Ndi yaying'ono koma yokongola. Choncho ndinayamba kukambirana ndi kampani yogulitsa (kampani yaying'ono yotchedwa ChangLi, yomwe imapatsanso makampani ena ochokera ku America).
Ndinatha kuyika galimotoyo ndi malo opindika a hydraulic, air conditioner komanso batire yayikulu (ya galimoto yaying'ono iyi) ya Li-Ion 6 kWh.
Kusintha kumeneku kwandiwonongera ndalama zokwana $1,500 kuwonjezera pa mtengo woyambira, kuphatikiza apo ndiyenera kulipira ndalama zokwana $2,200 zotumizira, koma osachepera galimoto yanga ikubwera kudzanditenga.
Kutumiza katundu kumawoneka kuti kumatenga nthawi yayitali. Poyamba chilichonse chinayenda bwino, ndipo patatha milungu ingapo kuchokera pamene ndinalipira, galimoto yanga inapita ku doko. Inakhala kwa milungu ingapo mpaka inasanduka chidebe ndikuyikidwa m'sitima, kenako, patatha milungu isanu ndi umodzi, sitimayo inafika ku Miami. Vuto lokhalo ndilakuti galimoto yanga sinalinso mmenemo. Kumene inapita, palibe amene akudziwa, ndinakhala masiku ambiri ndikuyimbira makampani oyendetsa magalimoto, makampani oyendetsa katundu, broker wanga wa misonkho ndi makampani ogulitsa aku China. Palibe amene angafotokoze.
Pomaliza pake, kampani yamalonda yaku China idamva kuchokera kwa wotumiza katunduyo kumbali yawo kuti chidebe changa chidatsitsidwa ku Korea ndikuyikidwa pa sitima ina yachiwiri ya chidebe - madzi omwe anali padoko sanali akuya mokwanira.
Mwachidule, galimotoyo inafika ku Miami, koma kenako inakakamira mu kasitomu kwa milungu ingapo. Itangotuluka mbali ina ya kasitomu, ndinalipira $500 ina kwa munthu amene ndinamupeza pa Craigslist yemwe ankagwiritsa ntchito galimoto yayikulu yonyamula katundu kuti anyamule galimoto yonyamula katundu kupita nayo ku nyumba ya makolo anga ku Florida, komwe Will akanamanga nyumba yatsopano ya galimotoyo.
Khola lomwe adanyamulidwamo linali litapindika, koma galimotoyo inapulumuka mozizwitsa. Kumeneko ndinatsegula galimotoyo ndipo ndinasangalala kuyika chopukusira pasadakhale. Pomaliza pake, kuchotsa bokosilo kunayenda bwino, ndipo paulendo wanga woyamba woyesa, ndinaona zolakwika zingapo mu kanemayo (ndithudi, bambo anga ndi mkazi wanga, omwe analipo kuti aonere seweroli likuchitika, posakhalitsa anadzipereka kuti ayesere).
Pambuyo paulendo wautali padziko lonse lapansi, ndinadabwa kwambiri ndi momwe galimoto iyi inalili bwino. Ndikuganiza kuti kukonzekera galimoto yosweka kumathandiza kuchepetsa chiyembekezo changa, ndichifukwa chake ndinadabwa pamene galimotoyo inali itatsala pang'ono kuphwanyika.
Siili yamphamvu kwenikweni, ngakhale kuti injini ya 3kW ndi chowongolera cha 5.4kW peak zimaipatsa mphamvu yokwanira pa liwiro lotsika kuti iziyendetse kuzungulira nyumba ya makolo anga. Liwiro lalikulu ndi 25 mph (40 km/h), koma nthawi zambiri sindimayendetsa liwiro limeneli pamalo osalinganika mozungulira minda - zambiri zidzabwera pambuyo pake.
Malo otayira zinyalala ndi abwino kwambiri ndipo ndimagwiritsa ntchito bwino kusonkhanitsa zinyalala za m'munda pansi ndikuzibweza kuzitaya.
Galimoto yokhayo yapangidwa bwino pang'ono. Ili ndi mapanelo achitsulo okhaokha, mawindo amagetsi okhala ndi makiyi, ndi phukusi lathunthu la magetsi otsekeka kuphatikiza magetsi owonetsa, magetsi amagetsi, magetsi owunikira, magetsi akumbuyo, magetsi owunikira kumbuyo ndi zina zambiri. Palinso kamera yowunikira kumbuyo, mashelufu achitsulo ndi mafelemu a bedi, ma charger amphamvu, ma wipers amadzimadzi ochapira, komanso choziziritsira mpweya champhamvu (choyesedwa ku Florida kotentha komanso konyowa).
Zonsezi zingafunike chithandizo chabwino cha dzimbiri, chifukwa ndaona dzimbiri m'malo angapo pambuyo pa miyezi yambiri yoyenda panyanja.
Si galimoto ya gofu kwenikweni - ndi galimoto yotsekedwa bwino, ngakhale kuti ndi yocheperako. Ndimayendetsa galimoto nthawi zambiri popanda msewu ndipo chifukwa cha kuimika kwa galimoto movutikira, nthawi zambiri sindimafika pafupi ndi liwiro la 25 mph (40 km/h), ngakhale kuti ndinayendetsa galimoto pamsewu kuti ndiyese liwiro ndipo linali pafupifupi 25 mph. ola. /Ola.
Mwatsoka, magalimoto ndi malole a ku Changli amenewa saloledwa pamsewu ndipo pafupifupi magalimoto onse amagetsi am'deralo (NEV) kapena magalimoto othamanga pang'ono (LSV) sapangidwa ku China.
Nkhani ndi yakuti, magalimoto amagetsi awa othamanga 25 mph ali m'gulu la Magalimoto Ovomerezedwa ndi Boma (LSV) ndipo, kaya mukhulupirire kapena ayi, miyezo yachitetezo cha magalimoto aboma imagwiranso ntchito.
Ndinkaganiza kuti bola ngati ma NEV ndi ma LSV amatha kuthamanga mpaka 25 mph ndipo ali ndi zizindikiro zozungulira, malamba achitetezo, ndi zina zotero, akhoza kukhala ovomerezeka pamsewu. Tsoka ilo, sichoncho. Ndizovuta kuposa pamenepo.
Magalimoto amenewa ayenera kukwaniritsa zofunikira zambiri, kuphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito zida za DOT, kuti akhale ovomerezeka pamsewu. Galasi liyenera kupangidwa mu fakitale yagalasi yolembetsedwa ndi DOT, kamera yakumbuyo iyenera kupangidwa mu fakitale yolembetsedwa ndi DOT, ndi zina zotero. Sikokwanira kuyendetsa 25 mph ndi lamba wanu wapampando ndi nyali zanu zoyatsa.
Ngakhale magalimoto ali ndi zigawo zonse zofunikira za DOT, mafakitale opanga magalimoto amenewa ku China ayenera kulembetsa ndi NHTSA kuti magalimotowo aziyendetsa mwalamulo m'misewu ku United States. Chifukwa chake ngakhale pali makampani angapo aku US omwe amalowetsa magalimoto awa ku US, ena mwa iwo amanena zabodza kuti magalimoto awa ndi ovomerezeka chifukwa amathamanga 25 mph, mwatsoka sitingathe kulembetsa kapena kupeza magalimoto awa. Magalimoto awa amayendetsa m'misewu. Onse opanga zinthuzi ku United States komanso kukhazikitsa fakitale yogwirizana ndi DOT ku China yomwe ingalembetsedwe ndi NHTSA kumafuna khama lalikulu. Mwina izi zikufotokoza chifukwa chake Polaris GEM ya 25 mph yokhala ndi mipando 4 ikufunika batire ya lead-acid ya $15,000 ndipo ilibe zitseko kapena mawindo!
Nthawi zambiri mumaziona pamtengo wa $2,000 pa Alibaba ndi malo ena ogulitsira zinthu ku China. Mtengo weniweni ndi wokwera kwambiri. Monga ndanenera, ndinayenera kuwonjezera $1,000 pa batire lalikulu nthawi yomweyo, $500 pakusintha komwe ndimakonda, ndi $2,200 pa kutumiza zinthu m'nyanja.
Kumbali ya ku America, ndinayenera kuwonjezera ndalama zina zokwana $1,000 pa msonkho wa kasitomu ndi wa brokerage, komanso ndalama zina zofikira. Ndinamaliza kulipira $7,000 pa seti yonse ndi zinthu zambiri. Izi ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera. Nditalamula, ndinkayembekezera kupewa kutayika kwa $6,000.
Ngakhale ena angaone kuti mtengo wake ndi wokwera mtengo kwambiri, ganizirani njira zina. Masiku ano, ngolo ya gofu yopangidwa ndi lead-acid imadula pafupifupi $6,000. Yosamalizidwa imadula $8,000. Yabwino kwambiri kuyambira $10-12000. Komabe, chomwe muli nacho ndi ngolo ya gofu yokha. Sili ndi mpanda, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mudzanyowa. Palibe choziziritsira mpweya. Palibe oyeretsa. Chitseko sichinali chotsekedwa. Palibe mawindo (amagetsi kapena ena). Palibe mipando yosinthika ya mabaketi. Palibe makina osangalatsa. Palibe ma hatches. Palibe bedi la hydraulic dump truck, ndi zina zotero.
Ngakhale ena angaone izi ngati ngolo ya gofu yolemekezeka (ndipo ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti pali zoona zake), ndi yotsika mtengo komanso yothandiza kuposa ngolo ya gofu.
Ngakhale kuti galimotoyo ndi yosaloledwa, ndili bwino. Sindinaigule pachifukwa chimenecho, ndipo ndithudi ilibe zida zodzitetezera kuti ndizimva bwino kuigwiritsa ntchito m'misewu.
M'malo mwake, ndi galimoto yogwirira ntchito. Ine ndidzaigwiritsa ntchito (kapena mwina makolo anga adzaigwiritsa ntchito kwambiri kuposa ine) ngati galimoto yogwirira ntchito pafamu yawo. M'masiku anga oyamba kugwiritsa ntchito, inakhala yoyenera kwambiri ntchitoyi. Tinaigwiritsa ntchito pansi ponyamula ziwalo ndi zinyalala zomwe zagwa, kunyamula mabokosi ndi zida kuzungulira nyumbayo ndikusangalala ndi ulendowo!
Ndi yabwino kwambiri kuposa ma UTV a gasi chifukwa sindiyenera kuwonjezera mafuta kapena kutsekeka ndi utsi. Ndi chimodzimodzinso ndi kugula galimoto yakale yamafuta - ndimakonda galimoto yanga yaying'ono yamagetsi yosangalatsa yomwe imachita chilichonse chomwe ndikufuna nthawi yomweyo.
Pakadali pano, ndikusangalala kuyamba kusintha galimoto. Ili ndi malo abwino kale, ngakhale kuti likufunikabe kukonzedwa. Sitima yoyimitsira siili bwino kwenikweni ndipo sindikudziwa chomwe ndingachite kumeneko. Masipiringi ofewa angakhale chiyambi chabwino.
Koma ndigwiranso ntchito zina zowonjezera. Galimotoyo ingagwiritse ntchito njira yabwino yothanirana ndi dzimbiri, kotero imeneyo ndi njira ina yoyambira.
Ndikuganizanso zoyika solar panel yaying'ono pamwamba pa cab. Ngakhale ma solar panel ochepa monga ma 50W panel angathandize kwambiri. Ngati galimoto ikugwira ntchito bwino ya 100 Wh/mile, ngakhale makilomita ochepa ogwiritsidwa ntchito tsiku lililonse m'nyumba akhoza kuchepetsedwa ndi mphamvu ya solar charging.
Ndinayesa ndi jenereta ya dzuwa ya Jackery 1500 ndipo ndinapeza kuti ndimatha kupeza mphamvu yokhazikika kuchokera ku dzuwa pogwiritsa ntchito solar panel ya 400W, ngakhale izi zingafunike kukoka chipangizocho ndi panel kapena kukhazikitsa malo okhazikika pafupi.
Ndikufunanso kuwonjezera malo ena oimika zinyalala pa malo okwerera zinyalala kuti makolo anga azitha kunyamula zinyalala zawo ndi kuzinyamula m'njira yolowera ngati msewu wakumidzi kupita kumsewu wa anthu onse kukatenga zinyalalazo.
Ndinaganiza zoikapo mzere wothamanga kuti ndizitha kuthamanga makilomita angapo pa ola limodzi.
Ndilinso ndi ma mod ena osangalatsa pamndandanda wanga. Malo ochitira njinga, wailesi ya ham, komanso mwina AC inverter kuti ndizitha kutchaja zinthu monga zida zamagetsi mwachindunji kuchokera ku batire ya 6 kWh ya galimoto. Ngati muli ndi malingaliro aliwonse ndili wokonzeka kulandira malingaliro. Ndikumaneni mu gawo la ndemanga!
Ndidzakudziwitsani mtsogolomu kuti mudziwe momwe galimoto yanga yaying'ono imagwirira ntchito pakapita nthawi. Pakadali pano, tikumanane mumsewu (wauve)!
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Nthawi yotumizira: Mar-03-2023