if i acquired a 3 to 4 kilowatt scooter and transfered all the bits across to my Midas (small Mini kit) car, do you think it would be a successful easier option than acquiring everything piecemeal?
Adding onto this, i would love to see any local (York) area electric cars/vehicles to derive inspiration from; so if anyone is up here and could spare the time, it would be nice to actually see some of these EV's move!
Buy an EV bike and convert onto a car or buy piecemeal?
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Most of the small Chinese electric scooters aren't exactly well-made and have few, if any, useful components that you could use in a car conversion.
Motors and controllers are readily obtainable at reasonable prices if you shop around. Take a look at www.marselectricllc.com for some budget motor details, and either http://www.alltraxinc.com/ or http://www.kellycontroller.com/shop/ for some reasonably priced controllers.
Batteries can be locally sourced lead acid traction batteries if you're working to a budget, or LiFePO4 cells if you have some extra cash.
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Motors and controllers are readily obtainable at reasonable prices if you shop around. Take a look at www.marselectricllc.com for some budget motor details, and either http://www.alltraxinc.com/ or http://www.kellycontroller.com/shop/ for some reasonably priced controllers.
Batteries can be locally sourced lead acid traction batteries if you're working to a budget, or LiFePO4 cells if you have some extra cash.
Jeremy
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many thanks for all of your useful replies - Phil S
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FlossyThePig wrote:The current plan I have for my MkII Midas is a motor for each wheel. Why have an electric sports car that can't overtake a milk float?
Hugh
that sounds intriging. how would you go about that exactly; a hub motor at each wheel and where sourced?? - Phil
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