newbie questions
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:31 pm
Hi all, new to the forum, am a student at Cov Uni doing a dissertation on electric motorsport and was just looking for some info on the basics of batteries really!
I've been reading about Lithium ions all over the place, I take it these are the industry standard? also heard about the high prices too!
but how do you decide how many packs/cells you need in comparison to the range you can get out of them?
what about placement within the vehicle? does this affect the handling in anyway? (seen Top Gear with the Tesla) would the power loss be noticeable if the batteries were placed at the end of the car with the motor at the other compared to right next to it?
heard about thundersky batteries, are there any other manufacturers i should be researching?
how exactly do you match the batteries to the rated motor?
and finally! Been onto sites like Netgain but the motors are a little too powerful for what i need - are there any other companies making motors that would be suitable for lightweight motocross bikes?
Many thanks! and sorry for all the questions
I've been reading about Lithium ions all over the place, I take it these are the industry standard? also heard about the high prices too!
but how do you decide how many packs/cells you need in comparison to the range you can get out of them?
what about placement within the vehicle? does this affect the handling in anyway? (seen Top Gear with the Tesla) would the power loss be noticeable if the batteries were placed at the end of the car with the motor at the other compared to right next to it?
heard about thundersky batteries, are there any other manufacturers i should be researching?
how exactly do you match the batteries to the rated motor?
and finally! Been onto sites like Netgain but the motors are a little too powerful for what i need - are there any other companies making motors that would be suitable for lightweight motocross bikes?
Many thanks! and sorry for all the questions
that gave me 20hp nominal 