The Phoenix
| IT Asset Partners Inc./BMW | |
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Image of The Phoenix at the Auto Club Motor Speedway in Fontana, California |
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| The Phoenix | |
| Presentation year: | 2017 |
| Vehicle fair: | |
| Class : | upper middle class |
| Body shape : | limousine |
| Length: | 4775 mm |
| Width: | 1800 mm |
| Height: | 1435 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2830 mm |
| Empty weight: | 1796 kg |
| Production model: | BMW E39 |
The Phoenix is an electric car made from 90% recycled materials and built by IT Asset Partners Inc. (ITAP) over the course of 35 days for only $ 13,000. The aim was to explore the possibilities and potential that emerged from the electrical yield -Recycling and developed by ITAP process, the so-called "hybrid Recycling" to demonstrate. The vehicle holds the world record of 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km) for the greatest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge (excluding solar energy ).
Overview
The Phoenix was built in Chatsworth , California by e-waste recycling pioneer Eric Lundgren. He is the founder and former CEO of ITAP Inc., America's leading hybrid recycling company specializing in e-waste recycling and reverse logistics, among other things.
The Phoenix is a scrapped BMW E39 528i (1997) that has been converted into an electric vehicle. Its range is 38% greater than that of a Tesla Model S P100D. The interior of the recycled car was completely removed except for the driver and passenger seats and it was equipped with an electric motor, the control unit of an electric forklift and a recycled 130 kWh battery pack . The cells in lithium-ion batteries come from everyday electronic devices.
Hybrid recycling
Lundgren built The Phoenix to demonstrate what is known as "hybrid recycling" and its benefits. With "Hybrid Recycling" products are broken down into their individual components. These are then reused in second-life applications instead of the conventional recycling, where the dismantled components are returned to the production cycle as raw materials.
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Long distance record
On the weekend of August 9, 2017, The Phoenix broke the Tesla Model SP100D's world record of 1,083 km on a single charge. He covered a distance of 1203 km on California public highways and roads in both highway conditions and stop-and-go traffic. The average speed was 84 kilometers per hour.
On October 16, 2017, The Phoenix set the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge (excluding solar power) at Auto Club Motor Speedway in Fontana , California By means of hypermiling, he managed to break the previous record of 1298 km, which was set in Japan in 2013.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d $ 13,000 DIY Electric Car Drives 340 Miles On 2 / 3rds Of Its Battery - Video . In: insideevs.com , April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ↑ The Phoenix EV sets 1600km world range record - EV Talk (en-US) . In: EV Talk , October 19, 2017.
- ↑ a b $ 13K DIY electric car made from recycled parts has 380+ mile range (en) . In: TreeHugger .
- ↑ A BMW built from 90% recycled parts broke a world record (en-US) . In: Futurism , November 7, 2017.
- ↑ ITAP Break Guinness World Record for Electric Vehicle Range | Plus Automotive Network (en-US) . In: Plus Automotive Network , October 19, 2017.
- ↑ Greatest Distance by Electric Vehicle Single Charge - Guinness World Records .
- ↑ Interview LA Car Wiz Breaking Tesla's Guinness World Record - Solarnews Internacional ( es-ES )
- ↑ $ 13k DIY EV Drives 340 Miles On Two Thirds Of Its Battery (en) . In: Motor1.com .
- ↑ Electric Car Built From Recycled Trash Beats Tesla Model S Range | Automobile Magazine (en-US) . In: Automobile Magazine , June 19, 2017.
- ↑ low cost DIY electric car made from recycled parts has 380+ mile range (en-US) . In: designboom | architecture & design magazine , June 18, 2017.
- ↑ Record for longest range of an electric vehicle | Electric Vehicles Research . In: Electric Vehicles Research , October 23, 2017.
- ↑ This homemade £ 10,000 electric car can go twice as far as the most expensive Tesla ( en-GB )
- ↑ Michelle Castillo: Two hobbyists built an electric car from spare parts. Now they're going after a record set by Tesla . In: CNBC , August 16, 2017.
- ^ Tesla Record Falls Short of The Phoenix - Electric Car Design Consultants, Green Living Expert, Guru (en-US) . In: Electric Car Design Consultants, Green Living Expert, Guru , August 17, 2017.
- ^ Greatest Distance By Electric Vehicle (Non-Solar) - Guinness World Records .