Hey man, I think you are on the right track here!
Still gonna say that I'm a fan of the diesel engine idea...open to others though too.
Battery technology will have to step up performance and drop in price before the masses will be able to afford it and/or will adopt to it for long ranges.
That obviously leaves you with a hybrid type of a combo...ditto.
I think building a car from scratch is a really good idea but that could possibly be the second generation one...work with a donor car first.
What do you think about a diesel gen-set/rear wheel drive combo?
Wayne
SC
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Originally Posted by Ryland
To get a 150 mile electric only range you are going to need $6,000 or more in lead acid batteries and that is if you can keep the watt hours per mile down to 200 watt hours per mile, for that you will need a very light, sleek, small vehicle, but for that kind of range you will be pulling around 3,300 or more in lead acid batteries.
I think that when you get in your hybrid vehicle being able to tell the vehicle how long your trip is going to be is important, if it's a short trip it runs on 100% longer trip and the engine kicks in once you are over a set speed or after the battery pack is depleted a set amount, really long trip and the battery pack is only used for low speed driving and giving the gasoline engine a boost for hills and passing.
I don't like the idea of building a car from scratch, I've built vehicles for the super mileage competitions when I was younger and stuff like steering and suspension is hard to get right and make it last, doors are also really hard to build and have work right.
I'd also skip the motorcycle engine, because they are tuned for high RPMs and high power output without much thought to gas mileage, if there is room I'd opt for a Geo Metro XFI engine or a small diesel engine.
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