Weekend test driving

Some more test driving was done on a beautiful winter saturday. A couple of visitors also made a short test drive with the Corolla eFX and we learned together that it is extremely silent. It was  sometimes hard to notice its movement because the wheels are the only thing making noticeable noise. On the video most of the noise is made by the train that goes by far away.

Some simple performance tests were also made. We learned that the corolla could climb the slope on our yard on its first and second gear, but on third gear it did not accelerate anymore uphill. On even road it started rather easily with third gear. We still had no voltage or current meters installed on the car so we did not learn about the used motor current or battery power.

I just received a pair of 400A shunt resistors bought through ebay that will soon be installed to measure battery and motor currents. With the shunt resistors and a battery voltage meter installed it will be much easier to evaluate the performance of the car.