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Originally Posted by orange4boy
Yes, that could all work. You would not get much whip in a car from 5 hp but the motor would pull a lot of amps.
If the car only needs 5 hp to get up to speed. Might be a little under powered. Depends on the car, terrain, etc. Is it flat where you are?
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Well, here around town, yes. The vehicle would never see any steep hills, only gently rolling roads.
I'd like to reiterate that we're literally talking about a car that weighs in right around 1,000 lbs, as well. It only takes like 25 or so HP to do 60 in my 3500# Minivan, with Cd .3 and A of 33 ish M. I just can't imagine that it would take more than about 5 HP to go around town at 25-30 MPH in a sub-1/2 ton car with frontal area of about half of the Minivan.
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