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Blue Bomber Man · 03-05-2009, 03:19 PM

This will vehicle will weigh between 500-750 pounds with batteries (the battery pack is around 100 pounds for 5kw-hour pack)

No, it won't be nearly as safe as a normal car, it will be safer then a motorcycle though. For those of you curious as to how it will be so light, check out the blog it has links to TREV and their construction methods.

I may add some sort of side impact protection, but we'll have to see.

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Blue Bomber Man EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 190 GreenMile - '00 Mazda Protege ES 90 day: 34.45 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	This will vehicle will weigh between 500-750 pounds with batteries (the battery pack is around 100 pounds for 5kw-hour pack) No, it won't be nearly as safe as a normal car, it will be safer then a motorcycle though. For those of you curious as to how it will be so light, check out the blog it has links to TREV and their construction methods. I may add some sort of side impact protection, but we'll have to see. __________________ http://benw385.vox.com/ 'Blog' on the open source electric motorcycle project. Please come visit and comment!