I under-estimated my loathing for sheet metal work.
In the last 14 or so months:
- Drivetrain bolted together with adapter plate between the L110F gearbox/motors and HF2A transfer case.
- Driveshafts are fitted and transmission mounts are in place.
- Sheet metal progressing in fits and starts. Some pieces have been painted.
- Battery boxes have been built and wired.
- 12v EV specific fuse/relay box fitted and wired.
- CAN busses wired.
- BMS working, talking to oddly non-standard BMW CSC’s.
- Zombieverter VCU talking to everything.
- Charger/DCDC wired.
- No plumbing yet but radiator/fan mounted.
- Touchscreen dashboard and dial shifter designed/written using Claude.
- Dashboard vehicle interface hardware designed and manufactured, verified working.
- Magride suspension
- Vehicle Speed Sensor
- EPB sensor
- Shifter sensor
- Transfer Case sensors (Hi/Lo, Center-Diff-lock)
- Electronic Parking Brakes from 2020 Rav4.
- Electric Power Assisted Steering from 2020 Prius.
- iBooster electric brake booster from Honda Accord.
- Wiring harnesses documented using Splice-cad.com plus MCP via Claude.
- Vehicle has driven on its actual battery pack.

