Intelligent Battery Support System

Nelson Kruschandl is the man behind the BE3 electric world challenger seen above.  He believes his latest Bluebird is 'probably' the most powerful electric car in the world.  Codenamed project Bluemax (BE3=bluebird-electric 3) the design of this LSR contender was conceived in 1998 as a 500hp successor to the 400hp Bluebird-Electric BE2.  

Project Blue Max - Bluebird Electric BE3

For 2005 the chassis has been up-rated to accommodate more power and a new transmission.  A package Nelson hopes will propel him into the international record books and eventually break the 400 mph barrier.  It would be great if we can get an electric vehicle to go faster than its piston petrol powered rivals.  The record would then have gone full cycle, where the first land speed record was indeed electric.

Currently there are three teams to beat:-

1. The UK competition is the "ABB sponsored E=Motion" a British team also aiming for 300 electric miles per hour.  Primetime's contender: 'E=motion', set out to challenge the then 245mph record this year at the Chott el Jerid salt flats in Southern Tunisia, in June 2004.  Unfortunately, the dessert surface was unusable this time round due to freak weather. Commiserations to the team.  According to their sponsors ABB Drives website, Emotion is 24ft long with a design speed of 305mph.  Emotion uses 50 Exide lead acid batteries in series to give 600 volts and two ABB 50 hp motors.

2. The speed record to beat is Ohio State University's 271mph international (flying Km) record set in 2004 on the Bonneville Salt Flats in their 30' car "Buckeye Bullet." 

3. Pat Rummerfield's White Lightning is waiting in the wings to race again, should any car take his one mile record.

Nelson Kruschandl - designer:  BE1, 2 and 3

Featuring all wheel drive and curvaceous styling, computer analysis reveals that in its current form the BE3 is capable of significantly exceeding 350 mph.  The car is now under construction in Sussex, England, aiming for a showing in 2005.  However, Nelson points out that he is still searching for a Prime Sponsor, without whom, the attempts planned for 2005 and 2006 could not take place,

As and when Nelson breaks the 300 mph barrier and more, he hopes his feat will underpin the hopes of many Governments for efficient  road going performance EV's.

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Bluebird Electric 3 - side and plan elevations

Nelson has been building vehicles in his back yard since 1982.  He uses Autocad to design them in his study, which is handy, when he's out in the garage cutting metal and finds he needs a dimension, or wants to incorporate a design modification - then it's straight on the computer to update a detail.

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