Testing The 1970s CommutaCar - First Drive

Following up from the last update to this 1970s cheese wedge of a car, Declan sees if he can get the CommutaCar to move.
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[@leifhietala8074]

That first five seconds had me asking myself, wait...that wasn't the channel I clicked... Don't do this to me, guys! I'm crazy enough without you helping!

[@ElectrekGarage]

😂

[@welshdave5263]

That's what just happened to me.

[@spokehedz]

Seeing Declan and Robert together is like watching a sitcom of Father/Stepson interactions, with nothing but hilarious outcomes. And zero fake laugh tracks.

[@dimitrisbrailas3993]

The colab we didn't know we wanted

[@2phonesbabyken]

Not even the first time. Still hyped

[@andrewmackie5110]

"Robert?! Oh, I guess this is an Aging Wheels video....wait...omg it's a crossover!" 😄

[@Nomancer]

"Hey the brakes work!" after it's already moving 😂

[@ElectrekGarage]

The best time to test them!

[@tarwin42]

Spoilers!

[@cglan_9748]

You know Robert is involved when the Coda battery modules show up. Or when he pretends to be the host.

[@playerroku4412]

"it's smoking now" continues to drive. Lol.

[@D3monL3A1]

the big electric nerd colab birds of a feather

[@bfvader]

That cybertruck looks great in faded red - looking forward to when you skin the plywood one in stainless!

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Robert Dunn? Oohh, Coda batteries, makes sense.

[@ElectrekGarage]

lol I didn’t even make that connection! It’s an unrelated coincidence, he was just visiting because we’re bffs

[@rexthewarhorse7110]

Goes 1 mph but still lots of screaming... Love these videos 😊

[@ElectrekGarage]

lol thanks for watching

[@rexthewarhorse7110]

@@ElectrekGarage thank you for making fun and educational videos 😊

[@ezerod1858]

Seeing you two in the same video blown my mind. Also this is not a bad influence video, it's a mad scientist video.

[@vk3xe]

Oh Robert is doing videos for this channel as well now? Oh wait, it’s ok Declan we love you!

[@ElectrekGarage]

Thanks lol

[@revengefrommars]

I'm going to guess the burning smell was any dust/oil/etc that may be burning off the power resistor used to limit power during the 1st of three power stages.

[@ElectrekGarage]

You’re probably right I didn’t even think about that

[@jakobmn]

As I recall from the last video, the power resistor is normally only activated in series with half the pack voltage. With double the rated voltage, it would need to dissipate 4 times the power.

[@PeaceChanel]

Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth .... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste .. 🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤ 🕊

[@SuperOldShows]

Great following the progress, thanks! Just noticed the interior door handles are British Leyland items, I know there's a lot of parts bin bits but that's kind of surprising for a car made in the USA.

[@pancudowny]

Just wanted to say: I built an over-volted 500w scooter with a 36V battery, thanks to a controller from Hot Scooter Parts. The motor was a conventional brushed type, so there were no worries about what I did. The result: 1000w of thrust, and a 31-mph top speed. How many can say their drink cooler can do that?😁

[@mattbrown5212]

Declan, the thing I love about your videos is there is always a moment where I wonder "where is this going?" (for this one it's around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="670">11:10</a>) and then remarkably, you pull me back in and I'm so glad I stayed. Thank you for making me laugh today.

[@leifhietala8074]

For the record, six horsepower isn't much BUT if you aren't trying to go very fast, it is often enough. ICE people refuse to hear this, disregarding the fact that their vehicles do NOT generate the whole 305 horsepower all the time because if they did they would MELT and, when they're just cruising down the road, are probably needing no more than 20-30 horsepower. If you were to shove, for instance, an ETEK motor delivering about 15hp to the Commutacar, it'd be downright peppy especially if you replace the gigantic heavy LA batteries with modern Tesla batts providing similar power and capacity.

[@justdna4385]

The spark reminded me of a video of a Henney Kilowat where they filmed all the electrical contactors moving, clicking, and sparking.

[@kerc]

I needed this collab.

[@welshdave5263]

That intro really spun me out, "sure I didnt click into an Aging wheels video"

[@DaivG]

Whaaaat? Love both these channels, this is awesome and unexpected!

[@blackterminal]

Thank you.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Enjoyed this. Painfully disorganized.. but that adds to the drama. Cool graphics on the side of the car.

[@dauerwerbesendung7045]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="660">11:00</a> top notch content

[@lkuhn65]

Lol! Best cold open EV-ER! 😂

[@lkuhn65]

"Crap. Too late" 😂

[@benwouda]

I'm learning a lot from this video 😂

[@ElectrekGarage]

Please don’t learn anything from this video 😂

[@stevencorrea8032]

😂😅 love ❤ this one.

[@AaronBlair]

Thought I accidentally clicked on the wrong video for a second. ;)

[@vhol93]

great one

[@christophermorin9036]

"HEY! Get OUT of here!" "No...."

[@leifhietala8074]

HEY JUST A THOUGHT WHEN TESTING THE MOTOR LET'S PUT THE CAR UP ON STANDS MMMKAY

[@cmvte]

❤mini cybertruck haha🙈

[@russellzauner]

I'm thinking railroad camping trip - get some rail wheels on that thing!

[@crabdonkey6381]

I'm calling Declan "Sparky" !

[@ElectrekGarage]

Fitting

[@nonsequitor]

I love that you're also continuing to violate audio engineering as well as electrical engineering😂🎉❤....but seriously tho, please turn the gain down on your mic(s)so it stops clipping quite so atrociously 🙏🙏🙏

[@ElectrekGarage]

I’ll consider it

[@Firefoxsimp]

Bestie!!

[@ElectrekGarage]

Slay!!!!!

[@robertdserrano]

The designer really said 🧀

[@CanisoGaming]

My favorite cyberpunk 2077 car

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Same.

[@alanwardrop9575]

Any chance of a colab with Weber auto to show the right way to restore an old ev . . .

[@leifhietala8074]

A forty-five minute deep dive into ancient, obsolete speed controllers, while fascinating in its own right, is probably not the kind of collab we need.

[@Swapnil638]

didnt expect to be laughing so much

[@Nerd_Bird]

Oh so Thats why Robert was in town haha Just enough jank to get problems figured out!! Dont do this but it worked!

[@miss_adventure]

Dude you've got a onewheel!!

[@Defianthuman]

Does halving the one battery mean 8of16v of power so less than a power wheels?

[@joeceretti9098]

Cut the insulation carefully off of the bottom winding and find the lead and solder it back to where it belongs :D

[@williamclark6466]

That is one possible fix, but the maximum temperature of the terminal needs to be considered when determining whether solder might melt under that use case.

[@ericj.s.4392]

"REMEMBER, don't do this! 😅

[@williamclark6466]

If there is good reason to rebuild or repair the broken contactor terminal, I am certain it can be done. If I was in your area, I would happily help with that or other things.

[@williamclark6466]

Systems are designed for specific ranges of voltage and current. Don't exceed these limitations unless you don't care about the results. After all, you can (usually) only die once.

[@LeifDjurfeldt]

Could that visit/"colab" have something to do with the future of a certain vintage ev ? :o I hope so!!

[@leifhietala8074]

We've reached the weird end of KZbin, TWO guys named Leif in the commentariat

[@salty6pence672]

RObert where are your videos...........And the bus omg the BUS

[@davehoffman515]

The bus is gone, he had a video awhile ago talking about it

[@angieandretti]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="649">10:49</a> Couldn't you temporarily short that resistive ribbon shown in the first video, thereby making stage-one INTO stage-two, so the car would move... more... without actually having to FIX anything additional?

[@meikgeik]

Sheesh if you think this is bad, you would hate to watch me work on my commuta car...

[@ironicgoose9913]

Hey! You could've been nicer to Robert! You didn't even introduced him. Robert is way to nice for you

[@ElectrekGarage]

Robert is a bully, he just pretends to be nice to me on camera!

[@soggybaguette8457]

What no way

[@welshdave5263]

I really would have just bypassed the resistor for first stage.

[@ElectrekGarage]

I could’ve but I didn’t think of that lol

[@danieljonhson6367]

It's covered in dust and cobwebs and he wonders what the burning smell is 😂😂

[@justdna4385]

Your nails are not painted. I vote for dark purple.

[@ElectrekGarage]

Ooo good idea, I’ll try that next time

[@mikeazeka1753]

Why waste time on the old hardware, even with the stock motor, a new PWM motor controller will greatly improve control, performance, and efficiency.

[@williamclark6466]

You should really use electrical theory to help guide you through your experimentation and refurbishment of these rare vehicles. I believe that many of the things that you have said should not be done can be done in a proper, safe manner.

[@JOSEPHZZ123]

CRC ELECTRIC CONTACT CLEANER SPRAY !!!

[@dhood15277]

Looks like Eddies car, the one his gf pushed over.

[@JOSEPHZZ123]

Id say weld the motor to a removable support arm I notice alot of Jerkin around REMOVABLE SUPPORT AAAAARRRRRMM! Bolt it up 10MM

[@JOSEPHZZ123]

Also CRC electric contact cleaner spray should help alot.

[@JOSEPHZZ123]

oxidation, corrosion etc

[@mrdsn189]

I have to admit I don’t yet understand your process.

[@ElectrekGarage]

Nor do I

[@jamesengland7461]

PROCESS? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING PROCESS!

[@SteveRowe]

If you wanted a golf cart, you should have bought a golf cart.

[@Decenium]

getting a little annoyed by the whole "dont do this" stick, stop overhyping it so much.

[@Lpotter86]

Sorry but I can't stand this guy.