The following is an excerpt from an E-mail message I received from Christopher Mohs, Marketing Director for GEM Cars. "MONTE CARLO, Monoco – Global Electric...
Hello, Electric Transportation Solutions(ETS), an EV company, now can offer public and private financing on low speed vehicles and other types of electric...
Does anyone know what is meant by "special European version"? Lew George ________________________________ From: vj62 [mailto:vj62@...] Sent: Fri 4/1/2005...
I just got a lift home. Twenty minutes ago I stopped off at a store in this monsoon we're having here in NY. I just had to run in so I left the car, lights,...
... Sorry to hear about your meltdown. You could have any number of problems. You'll need to do some basic diagnostics to direct you to the fault. First, with...
In most cases the -51 code means that your controller is toast. If your motor (or the motor connections) were shorting out I would bet that you are going to...
I just went back and towed my car home. I'm still a bit shaken by all this. Thank you all for responding so quickly. I know this is very bad. Another couple...
According to my shop manual, it was the motor field 1 (F1) wire that connects to the motor that was on fire. Question: If this wire is toast, would this cause...
Yes, f1 is connected directly to the bottom of the controller. If there was a large eonugh short it would take the whole thing out and blow a capacitor or two...
What you describe sounds like a loose connection. It would have to be very loose to spark. More likely it got loose enough to act like a resistor. In a...
Okay, I posted pix here... http://www.gemcardoors.com/FIRE.htm All the connectors are tight. F1 is still connected to the motor but the rubber boot and the...
Hello again, Sorry to post so many messages but this could be important to all. I just pulled the motor and found the cause of the short and the fire. It ...
Let me see if I have this right. There is an insulator around the two motor posts that insulate between the posts and the motor casing? This is what rotted...
Lew, You are correct. Part of the insulator disintegrated in my hands as I was photographing it. There was definitely a close enough contact between the nut...
... It probably has a charger that is compatible with the higher AC voltages encountered in European countries, and a charging plug compatible with European...
I would have thought any energized wiring would have had a fuse/fusible link in the circuit somewhere. I thought about the ventilation on those higher hp...
I'm planning on calling GEM tomorrow. They may be interested. Also, I'll see about sending the motor out for testing. This makes me wonder about those...
Been reading about the motor fire .... Has anyone looked at maybe the nuts were loose ?? Not torqued correctly or vibrated loose ?? No torque seal on the nuts...
Would that terminal be energized if the car was turned off? The smoke was probably from the overheated terminal covers or insulation and not the motor. It...
I have experienced a similar issue with a motor of the same construction. While it is not likely that the insulator "rotted" away, it may have been heated...
I would be careful swapping out the controller. If your motor is bad there is a good chance that it could take out your other controller as well when you turn...
The latest is that GEM is sending some people to look at the car. They may even fix it for me. Until then, I'd like to keep a low profile so I pulled the...
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I've been taking a sustainability course, and am on the local Transportation Board largely with the aim of .... changing America LOL... by getting roads for...
Hello Skip, I hope in your class you will be able to discuss a name change to "microcars". You stated, Microcars (660cc-1000cc, 60 mph, for roads up to ca. 55...
Hello again, I'd like to take the time to thank everyone for their support in this matter. GEM was nice enough to repair my car last night beyond my ...
We are looking at getting an NEV as an Emergency Vehicle to use on and near our campus. We are thinking of a long bed GEM, with a custom box on the back to...
We aren't GEM car but we do make custom parts for out cars. We currently are in the process of building a custom box for Chesapeake Energies. Our website is...
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