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Old 11-20-2012, 03:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Electric reverse trike

I'm thinking of building an electric reverse trike with either solo or tandem seating, but I'm not to familiar with electric drive trains. In fact, I know nothing about them beyond the fact that batteries power a controller which moderates the power flow to the motor.

I could easily build a reverse trike with an engine, but I'm thinking that using electric would make the car more fun to drive and the drivetrain would be 90% efficient instead of tuning an internal combustion engine to try and get 30% efficiency. Plus, I want to learn something new. But I'm not sure where to start with the electric drive train.

If anyone wants to help point me in the direction of components like controllers, motors, batteries, transmissions, etc. please help

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