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Old 09-29-2008, 01:19 PM   #10 (permalink)
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In an above post someone mentioned that kit, so I went to the forum and looked around to get information. Really seems like a neat car, but it is not suited for what I want. I need my vehicle to self enclosed and capable of at least one passenger (will likely design for 4 though).

I did some preliminary research on batteries today, Lithium Ion Polymer batteries seem very well suited for a vehicle based on power/weight ratio. I need to learn more about the life cycle of the batteries based on charge cycles. One battery was quoted at 300 cycles, which seems low if that means I could only charge it 300 times total before having significant losses (20%) Additionally they are very expensive, but because of the extreme weight savings it would allow me to downsize other design specs and potentially reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
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