What ever happened to the street legal Sunswift?
http://sunswift.com/eve.html
Supposedly was going to have a street legal car by the end of 2015. What ever happened? They won a race and then??? I would love to buy one of their hub motors. Ah well |
Link didn't work for me.
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At $500,000 per car and a top speed of 45 mph the market is limited. Find out who sold them their motor and compare that to the Agni motor.
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That's like saying the Elio cars are 15 mil each, you could build one in your garage for under $1000
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Building a street legal car will likely cost $10,000 or more. You could build an e-bike for $1000. Elio is still technically a motorcycle and would realistically sell for $16,000. For a prototype race vehicle $500,000 is fairly cheap. To build a production solar vehicle with a carbon fiber chassis and sun tracking the price might drop to $250,000. How much sunshine do you get in Wisconsin? Figure on some kind of heater/defroster system too.
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My only interest was in the discussion of them using hub motors, I did not see any technical specs afterword to see how they faired or where they got them from.
Hub motors today are a unicorn but like hydrogen might someday become less of one. |
Hub motors for industrial and automotive applications have been around for decades. Check for industrial suppliers.
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The reliability and torque of the off the shelf on even an 1800lb car is very very questionable, as of yet I know of only one person to sucessfully use a hub motor and it was not used as intended to be made reliable. Mira-Inboard Hub Motors - DIY Electric Car Forums Now if I wanted to use it once and toss it out thats another thing.:eek: |
Write up the spec you need. I spent ten years selling parts for cars, trucks, and construction equipment. I'd look for suitable products if you like.
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Top speed on the SunSwift eVe is a lot more than just 45mph. I just watched their video proclaiming their beating the old time-to-distance record (which had averaged about 45mph) with a new, 62mph average. That's pretty good. I think I heard them say the car's ultimate top is about 82mph.
According to the report, they disabled the solar array for the attempt so the record would be for a strictly electric car. I expect Tesla will beat this pretty soon. When the 100kwh model drops, they'll have the range to do it. |
Thanks for the up date.
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