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Old 01-28-2012, 07:18 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Ok, so after doing a bit of precursory reasearch, I'll have to be lucky to find electrical car components within 500 miles of here. It would seem electric forklifts are highly unpopular, and there is nearly no market around here, since there are hardly any large cities......

How much would it cost you to make a 96 volt electric car as cheaply as possible? I'm looking at close to $1400 in batteries alone!
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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