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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
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What are your goals as far as your potential EV? Range/speed/cost?
PS - I may be back in Halifax this summer in the tall ship event. Love NS.
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20km range at 80km/h top speed and cost below 3K.
I chose to use a 3 phase AC industrial 10hp motor and a 30hp controller. I read about a guy in Australia who did this successfully but used a Jeep. I will probably have to use lithium cells to keep the weight down because achieving 600 volts with lead acid will be way too heavy.
I want to build a switch-mode power supply to boost from 100 volts so that I can use lead acid but that is more time than I have available right now, so my project is going slow.
Still, in my 3k budget I have about 2k left to spend on batteries and misc after buying the car, motor and controller.
I enjoy living in Halifax. I've been here for about 7 years now.