Neil is putting the final touches on the BMS Arduino unit. After many problems with the Ammeter, we’ve managed to get the system working accurately. Our next project for the E-Beetle is to assembly a user-friendly guide, in addition to the already open-source design & code.
We’ve finally welded the mounts & dropped the motors into car.
We’ve been making progress in integrating our in-house designed X-BMS into the E-Beetle.
Powder coated mounting bracket installed and ready for motors.
After much difficulty, we managed to get the transmission back in vehicle.
Jin testing our newly designed encoders.
Torsion bars were tensioned to handle the added weight of the batteries and motors. Unfortunately, this required the dismantling of the entire rear end.
We’re now ready to have the motor mounts welded later today.
The busbars for the motor controller are almost ready to be cut. Here’s a shot of the layout plan through our 14 igbts. some busbar thicknesses are still up in the air. We will need to make sure that they are adequate to handle the massive current that we will eventually be running through our controller
The motors are in the vehicle! due to an overly snug fit on our transaxle alignment pins the final weld up has been postponed until next weekend. 
Rodrigo and I assembled the motor frame on the backs of the motors last weekend. It’s been tacked together and is awaiting final welding by Peter this week. 
Here is a shot of our plan for sprocket mounting on our motors and central shaft. The components used are Fenner Drives Transtorque and BLoc keyless bushings
