It's only around $12,000 in batteries (99 lithium 100amp*hr thunderskys). You could go really ultra cheap on the rest of the stuff (brushed DC motor and controller for example) with that body and still get a similar ballpark figure for the range I think. over 200 miles range with such a relatively small total energy in the batteries is really impressive!
haha, ok, sure it's $12,000 more than my current bank balance, but the rest of it could be under $1500 assuming the car was free. So if you could aeromod a car to get a ballpark cod, you could have a 150 mile to 200 mile range car for under $14,000.
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Sorry but you're being totally unrealistic...
even if a car was free...none are even close to that Cd and would cost thousands to modify (read, full frame teardown, welding, fibeglassing, u name it)
just calculate the man hours....
I say no less than 25K from start to finish.
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haha, ok, sure it's $12,000 more than my current bank balance, but the rest of it could be under $1500 assuming the car was free. So if you could aeromod a car to get a ballpark cod, you could have a 150 mile to 200 mile range car for under $14,000.
Otmar the guy that made the Zilla modified his car without any horrible undertakings to get at or below 200w*hr/mi of force at 55mph. He just started with some sort of a honda hatchback I think. It wouldn't have to be so perfect. Maybe shoot for 150 miles instead of 200. There is definitely a point of diminishing returns. $100,000 for 160 w*hr/mi, or $14,000 for... oh 213w*hr/mi (150 mile range)
[QUOTE=NeilBlanchard;238816]Here's a very interesting and informative video about the Illuminati 'Seven':
Or, what not to do when half-asleep. The hot-bending of steel for fender framing sounds hilarious, but the advice on aero is bunk.
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