Hardware Podcasts

79: Not as Efficient as the Borg

Embedded.fm · 4 Dec 2014 · 1h 01m

What this episode covers

Vicky Tuite, engineering manager at EVAOS, explains how her company upgrades Ford F-150 and F-250 trucks into plug-in hybrids using a parallel hybrid architecture with a mid-mounted motor and battery pack in the bed. She details the battery monitoring system using Texas Instruments chips, the challenges of state-of-charge estimation, and the company's current focus on a 32-truck government contract before moving to consumer kits. Tuite also discusses her transition from engineering to management, her work with Python/Django, and the community impact of the 'Feminist Hacker Barbie' project created by her daughter.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
EVAOS, Ford, Tesla
Products
Feminist Hacker Barbie
Chips
Texas Instruments, Microchip, Electric Imp
Tools
Django, Python, Leap Motion, Twilio, NumPy, SciPy
Also
BayPIGgies, Cheeky Geeky

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