Zombieverter: Open source VCU for reusing salvage EV components

It's cool that it has/claims support for DC fast charging. All the custom conversions I've seen are AC only.

This is a great resource with pragmatic solutions for reusing commodity EV parts.

Worth a read through for folks like me that are mechanically inclined but don’t know/have time to figure out how the various puzzle pieces in an EV “talk” to each other (because of their proprietary nature.)

Hey, my startup is currently working on something like this.

We use a production VCU hardware with custom software and currently support most of the VCU functions you would find in a production vehicle, including in-built CCS2 and NACS charging on the single controller.

We are looking to raise to go to the next stage, would love to hear from potential customers or interested angels?

Cool! I am not a "car guy", but I have (with my father-in-law) changed my own oil and replaced the shocks on my (ICE) car.

I appreciate the somewhat open-source nature of car repair work, and I would hate for EVs to become all proprietary, locked down systems that are not repairable. At least the standardization of PCs means I can kitbash some parts together into a usable daily driver. Not so for EV's, it seems.

So, from the perspective of someone who may be a single-unit customer in 10 years when I want to revive an old Prius or Bolt or whatever used car comes my way, I wish you all the best.

In terms of ideas or advice -- I assume you've seen or talked with the RichRebuilds youtube channel or other EV repair youtube channels to see what they need in a VCU... If they like it and praise your product on their channel that might get you some buzz / street cred. Beyond that I assume it's just a matter of becoming golfing buddies with the CTO or electronics head of a automotive startup (Slate and Telo recently came up in my news feed. They might be too far along to switch VCUs for their first car, but if they had teething issues they might be interested in swapping to you for their second car...)

It's a special case, but in times like this I think about the antique cars. There are still Model T owners out there driving around with oil-soaked cotton brakes. That's the same material my pants are made out of. And it's not one brake per wheel, it's one brake for the entire car! Also, the wheels are made from wood.

This is not only street legal, but insurable too.