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Forum: EcoModding Central 05-04-2014, 01:23 PM
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Posted By UltArc
What if you made a fun time EV? Like a go kart?...

What if you made a fun time EV? Like a go kart? That had everything needed to drive legally on the road...hmm...

Go Kart Kits :: Cart Carts Karts Gocart Gokart Gokarts Gocarts Azusa Vintage...
Forum: EcoModding Central 05-03-2014, 08:26 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,020
Posted By Joggernot
Check with your local Dept. of Motor Veh. and...

Check with your local Dept. of Motor Veh. and find out if they have a law allowing golf carts on streets. If you are an activist, here is a link to our law that you can model one for your city and...
Forum: EcoModding Central 05-02-2014, 08:46 AM
Replies: 24
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Posted By UltArc
Also keep in mind, you are doubling one factor...

Also keep in mind, you are doubling one factor and expecting two factors to double from it.

"4 12v lead acid batteries and gets 25mph with a range of 12 miles"
I could see 8 being around 35-40...
Forum: EcoModding Central 05-02-2014, 07:59 AM
Replies: 24
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Posted By Joggernot
I have a street legal electric golf cart with...

I have a street legal electric golf cart with windshield that can go 10+ miles at 20 mph. It has 6 12v batteries and absolutely no areomods. With new batteries it can go a little farther.
Forum: EcoModding Central 05-02-2014, 01:00 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,020
Posted By ecomodded
Double the batteries but keep the same voltage...

Double the batteries but keep the same voltage will double the distance range.
Double the batteries but double the voltage and you will get "more" speed.

But (as mentioned) there are losses in...
Forum: EcoModding Central 05-01-2014, 09:35 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,020
Posted By Cobb
Physics doesnt work like that. When you double...

Physics doesnt work like that. When you double you speed you face 4 times the wind resistance alone, not to count rotating friction and the extra weight causes to the whole equation. I think double...
Forum: EcoModding Central 04-29-2014, 09:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,400
Posted By Superfuelgero
More than what you asked for, but i know where...

More than what you asked for, but i know where this is going and what the next questions will be.

T. C. A. § 55-9-406§ 55-9-406. Headlights; construction, arrangement and adjustment;...
Forum: Introductions 04-28-2014, 12:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,678
Posted By Daox
This sounds like what you're looking for: ...

This sounds like what you're looking for:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/electric-vehicle-information-start-here-6706.html
Forum: DIY / How-to 04-27-2014, 11:38 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 41,636
Posted By CFECO
The CVT would require custom fitting to adapt the...

The CVT would require custom fitting to adapt the motor. The golf cart motor needs an adapter plate on the drive end for the second bearing, they are made to bolt to the GC axle, where the second...
Forum: DIY / How-to 04-27-2014, 12:47 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 41,636
Posted By CFECO
One could do a Monocoque frame of folded sheet...

One could do a Monocoque frame of folded sheet metal and rivet it together, strengthened with adhesive. Or Fiberglass of the same design as the sheet metal, or fiberglass tube with gusseted ...
Forum: Introductions 04-26-2014, 08:16 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,678
Posted By elhigh
"Frame" if you want to make things easy on...

"Frame" if you want to make things easy on yourself. Head over to a junkyard, find a pickup whose engine has pooped out and build your EV on that.

Lots of good reasons for this:

1) Heavier...
Forum: Introductions 04-26-2014, 07:52 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,678
Posted By elhigh
Welcome Jumper. I live over in Ktown. So...

Welcome Jumper.

I live over in Ktown. So you're seeing this message an hour earlier than I wrote it.

The cool thing about EVs is that they're way, way simpler than gas cars. And often...
Forum: DIY / How-to 12-01-2013, 11:48 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 41,636
Posted By CFECO
If you are going the tube frame route, you might...

If you are going the tube frame route, you might look at composite tubing. There is "Pultruded" fiberglass tubing in many shapes, round, square, I-beam, flat, angle, etc., which can be stronger and...
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