View Single Post
Old 04-14-2010, 12:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
Ryland
Master EcoModder
 
Ryland's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 3,903

honda cb125 - '74 Honda CB 125 S1
90 day: 79.71 mpg (US)

green wedge - '81 Commuter Vehicles Inc. Commuti-Car

Blue VX - '93 Honda Civic VX
Thanks: 867
Thanked 434 Times in 354 Posts
Is your $3,000 budget for the motor, the controller, or the battery?
My 1,400 pound "golf cart" based EV uses $900 worth of golf cart batteries to get 48 volts and it uses them to their limits at times.

In my mind, if you have to ask if it's possible to do for that amount, then it's not, care to prove me wrong? I'm trying to build a $1,500 electric motorcycle and am going to cut it close.
I'm not sure why you need 4 wheel drive, I've taken my civic off road, with a trailer and never had an issue, it will go places that my parents Ford Ranger gets stuck.
  Reply With Quote