[Blue07CivicEX]

Ok, so with a wedding, honeymoon and hopefully house on the horizon within the next 2 years this may or may not be something that happens anytime soon but I had some ideas for an EV I'd like to share/get critiqued.

First question, anybody live in the city without a garage/driveway to work on their vehicle? Where do you do your work? I go up the hill to my former colleges parking lot and tinker in there but they might get tired of that eventually.

Ideas!

1. Follow basic principles of EV (light as possible, small hp 48v motor)
2. Complete all possible aero mods that will not add significant weight (smooth front bumper, underpan, wheel skirts, mirror delete etc.)
3. Figure battery bank size.
4. install solar panels on any flat surface available (roof, hood) for charging batteries while working 8ish hours. I understand this will not do the full trick but the calcs on how much juice is used and how much sunlight you need to recharge can be done later.
5. Take a small ICE possibly from a small push mower attach it to an alternator add gear ratio as necessary now you have a small gas generator for emergency use. For situations such as had to stop on the way to work for something and won't have enough juice to get home.
6. Figure at regenerative breaking setup.

I was thinking something in the range of 60 miles on a charge, I would want roundtrip to work and back distance while using the solar as a little insurance and the generator as a lot of extra insurance for desperate situations.

What does everyone think?