FINALLY DONE! 1970 Vespa 50s electrification project

Wohoo! Finally done and approved by the local authorities!

So happy with the outcome, however long it took :lol:
I drove it roughly 50km yesterday, in a headwind and with lots of uphill, and still had 58.5V "left" on the battery, so things are looking good rangewise also. Will have to do a proper test at some point.

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Haven't had the opportunity to test it. Had to reduce it to 50km/h for the showing at the local authorities. I think the top speed was reduced to 56% when I showed it, and then it did 46km/h on a calibrated bench. So, maybe max is close to 90km/h? 80? Not gonna try, I want it to stay road legal, so I've adjusted it to reach about 55km/h no matter what I throw at it, and maybe 60 under ideal conditions.
 
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