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Originally Posted by bennelson
A "switched" battery pack could work well for something like drag racing.
For typical driving, it's not really ideal. Just go with higher voltage for better top speed. With the increased voltage, you also need fewer amps for the same work, so your batteries will tend to live longer.
Let the PWM controller do all the hard work for you.
My "Turbo-circuit" was basically a switched battery pack. It worked frighteningly well, but I will be much happier with a higher voltage controller! |
I'm intrigued by electric, but if I end up going that route I want something that has some kahuna's and gets a move on when you want to go. Your battery turbo idea is a pretty cool one, but as already said I'd worry about the life of the batteries with them not seeing the same usage. Ideally when you purchased the batteries if you had a whole bunch and could get them "matched" by peak voltage and capacity the group would perform much better and last longer.
Awhile ago is was looking into a EV conversion kit, I think it was kit #4 from wilderness EV or something.
I found so much contradicting information from some people saying it would work great to others saying they were dead batteries after 10 miles that I decided against it(20 miles of 50-60mph plus alot of stop and go once in town-each way to work).
All the new EV technology also quickly gets buried or priced out of reach of the average joe which is also very frustrating...