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Old 08-17-2008, 10:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
bennelson
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

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Swee's Bio-Hybrid Trike

Not too long ago, I met Swee.

He makes his own bio-diesel in his garage. He and his wife run an "Organic Store", and he drives both a Biodiesel and a Vegetable Oil car.

His most recent project is a Trike.

It's the front of an ATV welded to the back of a motorcycle. He is going to run it with a forklift motor at 48 volts.

Right now, the electrical system isn't working yet. Something isn't quite right in the wiring. I tried hooking up my controller to it, but had the same results.

Still needs a little work.

He next step in the plan (once the electric part is all set) is to hook up a one-cylinder diesel engine on the back of the cycle. This will be hooked up to a generator head to run voltage into the batteries to create a Series Hybrid.

The diesel generator will be run with Bio-Diesel he makes.

Pretty cool project. Gonna be a lot cooler than my motorcycle when it's all done. He also talked about having an aero-fairing made for it as well.

Here's some photos!





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