ecomodder.com— "What do you get when you cross a Geo Metro with an electric forklift, a golf cart, and a bunch of used batteries? You get a ridiculously inexpensive, home-built, street-legal electric car."
Jan 30, 2008View in Crawl 4
It's been pushed to the sidelines until they can figure out the generation/distribution parts. Though they are making great strides in those areas. But they've also been making great strides in building better capacitors too...
intangible:imagine you're using your $2500 foam car, and a guy comes out of nowhere with his $60000 hummer and rails you into s**t.maybe if you driving a car with minimum safety requirements, you wouldve survived.
Its a stupid idea. With all of the cost in developing the storage and distribution systems, not to mention figuring out how to make hydrogen without burning lots of fossil fuels, you may as well just figure out how to build some decent batteries. Cut out the middle man (hydrogen) and just store the electricity directly.
that was my reasoning behind 1 motor per wheel. electric HP is significantly different from ICE HP-namely that you don't need as much to get going with electric (since full torque is delivered from the start). but yes, you'd have to gear up to get to decent speeds, or suffer massive efficiency losses from running an electric motor at a high rpm...kind of the downside of 1 motor per wheel...packaging a transmission, even a 2 speed, into each wheel would be tricky.
Hey it's Darin's EV! Looks like they made it big on digg.com! Fantastic stuff! Goes to show that EV's aren't complex and you can even build one for under $1000. The performance may not be neck-snapping but hey, if you're stuck in traffic why pay for gas-fuelled performance!
More people should learn about this. EV technology is really becoming impressive, like the new Zap that does 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds. Electric is looking more and more like the way to go.
@NerysIt doesn't matter how educated people are on the subject, everyone takes risks, even the smartest people in the world have taken stupid risks before, especially young and poor people who can't afford really expensive cars to start off with (those who likely don't have health insurance) I don't want your damn decisions driving down the road beside me at 70MPH waiting for the crap to snap in half.
boneheadfarkerJan 31, 2008
It's been pushed to the sidelines until they can figure out the generation/distribution parts. Though they are making great strides in those areas. But they've also been making great strides in building better capacitors too...
ratm4everJan 31, 2008
What do you get when you cross a Geo Metro with an electric forklift, a golf cart, and a bunch of used batteries?A suspended account.
blandymanJan 31, 2008
intangible:imagine you're using your $2500 foam car, and a guy comes out of nowhere with his $60000 hummer and rails you into s**t.maybe if you driving a car with minimum safety requirements, you wouldve survived.
boneheadfarkerJan 31, 2008
It's air-powered...high-speed accidents don't happen. Mostly because high-speeds don't happen.
stoanhartFeb 1, 2008
Its a stupid idea. With all of the cost in developing the storage and distribution systems, not to mention figuring out how to make hydrogen without burning lots of fossil fuels, you may as well just figure out how to build some decent batteries. Cut out the middle man (hydrogen) and just store the electricity directly.
krunk4everFeb 1, 2008
mirror: <a class="user" href="http://ecomodder.com.nyud.net:8080/blog/2008/01/30/a-672-electric-car/">http://ecomodder.com.nyud.net:8080/blog/2008/01/30 ...</a>but no pictures.
boneheadfarkerFeb 1, 2008
Then prove it, dumbass...Safety Regulations<a class="user" href="http://www.ontariolicences.com/ssc2.htm">http://www.ontariolicences.com/ssc2.htm</a>Emmissions Regulations<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%27s_Drive_Clean">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%27s_Drive_Cle ...</a>Rules for low speed vehicles<a class="user" href="http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/emerging/">http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/eme ...</a>Extra information<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicle#Legislation_and_incentives">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehic ...</a>As long as a vehicle passes safety and emmision test, and can travel at the speed limit posted on a road, the vehicle can legally travel on it. Bikes are different, because there are laws specifically about bike out there. Not long ago there weren't any real rules regarding bikes, and in some cases bikes still aren't allowed on the roads. For example, 400 series highways. Now stop screwing around in class and pay attention to your teacher for a change...you may learn something...
davidroolsFeb 6, 2008
that was my reasoning behind 1 motor per wheel. electric HP is significantly different from ICE HP-namely that you don't need as much to get going with electric (since full torque is delivered from the start). but yes, you'd have to gear up to get to decent speeds, or suffer massive efficiency losses from running an electric motor at a high rpm...kind of the downside of 1 motor per wheel...packaging a transmission, even a 2 speed, into each wheel would be tricky.
kiwievFeb 12, 2008
Hey it's Darin's EV! Looks like they made it big on digg.com! Fantastic stuff! Goes to show that EV's aren't complex and you can even build one for under $1000. The performance may not be neck-snapping but hey, if you're stuck in traffic why pay for gas-fuelled performance!
pazolozapMar 14, 2008
More people should learn about this. EV technology is really becoming impressive, like the new Zap that does 0-60mph in 4.8 seconds. Electric is looking more and more like the way to go.
pamitMar 21, 2008
Read how you can find cheap used golf carts. check this article: <a class="user" href="http://www.my-golf-tournament-gifts.com/golf-swing">http://www.my-golf-tournament-gifts.com/golf-swing</a> ...And another useful article if you want to know how to customize your golf cart: <a class="user" href="http://www.my-golf-tournament-gifts.com/how_to_cus">http://www.my-golf-tournament-gifts.com/how_to_cus</a> ...
xexxJun 9, 2008
@NerysIt doesn't matter how educated people are on the subject, everyone takes risks, even the smartest people in the world have taken stupid risks before, especially young and poor people who can't afford really expensive cars to start off with (those who likely don't have health insurance) I don't want your damn decisions driving down the road beside me at 70MPH waiting for the crap to snap in half.
e4diggJul 30, 2008
I've kept my eyes on this project for a while now. It has helped me in getting underway with my electric car conversion project. You can view my project at <a class="user" href="http://www.ZeroGasoline.com">http://www.ZeroGasoline.com</a>This is exactly the kind thing we need to be doing!
uboslavOct 16, 2008
This is absolutely unreal! This is very inspiring stuff!
risk_analystOct 15, 2010
wow! You know, not everyone has the tools to do that. I would absolutly drive something like that!
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