Overall, it is a pretty straightforward process, I just have a couple of comments:
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No cutting of the vehicle or changing the general interior space required.
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Can't say that without knowing the form factors of the fusion pack and motor - their geometries are not infinitely variable, you may
need to cut or rearrange. But neither of those should be a big deal for TMP.
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The existing manual transmission can be left in place, and pinned in second gear or a longer drive shaft is used.
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Better to remove the transmission and replace it with a long, simple shaft. Even pinned in place, the transmission is extra weight and a more likely failure point. Both are big criteria for MPV's.
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- A small electric water heater is added to provide heat.
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Is this just for the cabin? I can't imagine that a fusion pack isn't going to produce waste heat already.
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The controller reads both potentiometers and makes sure that their signals are equal. If they are not, then the controller does not operate. This arrangement guards against a situation where a potentiometer fails in the full-on position.
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Choose the lower signal, whatever it is - you really don't want to stop the vehicle if you can avoid it, and choosing the lower signal avoids a high fail. A low fail is still a problem but assuming that both types of failure are equally likely, this reduces the overall kill rate by 50%.