Heliguychris
Senior Heliman
Location: Perth, West Australia
| Hi guys, i was wondering if electrics have come along enough yet to be a serious contender, for a general runabout, road legal car. It seems pretty obvious to me , that fuel is not going to get any cheaper, so im looking to find out if electric is a viable alternative.
I drive about 600 ks a week for work, and it costs about 150AUS bucks, and im thinking that even all the lipos and a other cr@p it would take to convert a car, you would save that in a year, on fuel.
Ive seen a couple of gigantic hacker outrunners, that might be able to pull a little buzz box around, and hacker do some nice looking 200 amp speedies,,half a flight power factory, under the hood, where the motor would have been,, for balance, and ride/handling,, how hard can it be LOL 
Couple of decisions to make,,,
What small car? Front wheel drive/rearwheel drive,,
Motor/ speedie combo
Choice of batteries, and wiring harness.
Motors in the wheel hub, or via common drive?
Heres what id really hope for.
About 200 ks range. Top speed of 130kph. Recharge in say about 6 hrs. Engines to be able to be used to generate power, from braking.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Salutes. |
