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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
First, search this site for "power Required" to pop up the thread with a handy calculator. You will probably find that you would have to spend an hour or so on a pedal generator to provide the power for the trip. If you can't do the math, that's the course to start with.
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Yes, now I realise, if I could instantaneously make 4000 watts for the whole distance of the trip, it would be fine, but it probably wouldn't work. Another idea I thought of, was to use the electric motor like one of those motorised bicycles, as in, using the motor to assist the pedalling, maybe with a powerful motor, it would be fine, but I would still have to use grid energy.
By the way, another update, one of my colleagues is trying to sell one of her cars. She has a Ford Laser (Mazda 323) and a 1992 Daihatsu Charade. She's selling both for AU$300, (US$260) so the Charade would be a great alternative to the MB.