UBC Electric Car Club

We picked up our two brand new Warp 9 motors for Elektra UBC today, ordered through Electric Autosport. The motors look great and our Mech team is working on mounting and chain selection this week. The electrical guys have been meeting to discuss encoder and display options and progress is being made on our custom built motor controller as well!
We would like to welcome our new members as well! Jin, Simon and Peter joined the team this week and we’re glad to add their experience to our group.

Thank you again Thomas&Betts for your donation of terminals and the use of your heavy duty crimping tool to reassemble our battery pack. Due to the rearrangement of the packs we needed to make several new cables for the battery pack. The batteries are now reinstalled and the car will be ready to drive out of the shop this weekend.
Welcome Elektra!!

The E-Beetle is nearly finished being sprayed with insulation and we’re looking forward to reinstalling the batteries soon. Below is a photo of Nima working on the insulation yesterday

It’s official! Elektra is our latest addition to the ECC.

This former gasoline powered drag beetle will one day become the fastest street legal electric drag racer. She is in excellent shape and ready to be upgraded into a state-of-the-art electric rocket. Check out the pictures below.

Comment: Special Thanks to Jason for delivering the car to UBC (from Calgary).

Comment: No Handshake, No Dice.

Comment: Thanks for coming out guys.

Comment: Let them start working on her!

UBC Electric Car is finally starting our new electric drag car! The platform we’re using is… Another Beetle!! It’s a light rear wheel drive car with plenty of character and access to parts. The chassis is arriving on Friday so she needs a name. Any members are welcome to vote on the name of the new car. The survey link is can be found here
This is a photo of the car being delivered on this Friday!

The car has now been moved into the new shop. The batteries will be coming out once again this weekend in preparation for the battery insulation box and computer controlled heating system.

The Ebeetle is now on display at the Vancouver International Autoshow at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Come check it out!

We’d like to thank Electrical Cable Supply for their donation of wire for the new batteries in the E-beetle. They have been installed and we are looking forward to displaying the car at the Vancouver International Auto Show.

I am very please to announce to the world that UBC Electric Car Club had elected new leaders today. UBCECC is approaching two years young, and I am two months away from my graduation ceremony. Today is the day that the old will start phasing out, and the new is taking over.

Neil Roberts and William Wright is now officially the Co-Presidents of UBCECC. I am very happy to see that electric car club are now under the leadership of these two very bright and passionate engineers. I believe ECC will continue to become more and more successful and provide co-curricular hands on learning experience for many UBC engineers for many years to come. I’d like to wish the best to Neil, Will, and all current and future members of UBCECC, the future is in your hands! Take initiatives and make some  history!

We just reinvigorated our ECC website! Expect new updates to appear more frequently.