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Buy an EV bike and convert onto a car or buy piecemeal?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:25 am
by phil shepherdson
if i acquired a 3 to 4 kilowatt scooter and transfered all the bits across to my Midas (small Mini kit) car, do you think it would be a successful easier option than acquiring everything piecemeal?
Adding onto this, i would love to see any local (York) area electric cars/vehicles to derive inspiration from; so if anyone is up here and could spare the time, it would be nice to actually see some of these EV's move!
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:17 pm
by Tim
I'd have thought that the size and weight of your Midas versus the scooter would not have made such a transplant a success.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:13 pm
by FlossyThePig
The current plan I have for my MkII Midas is a motor for each wheel. Why have an electric sports car that can't overtake a milk float?
Hugh
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:37 pm
by Peter Eggleston
I overtook a Ferrari in my milk float the other day. I was doing 35 mph in a 30 mph zone, but it was good fun.
Peter
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:01 pm
by qdos
You'd have seen an official Electric Midas if you'd have been at Stoneleigh
Think the scooter motor isn't going to be anywhere near enough to move the Midas at anymore than a snail's pace. If you want to do an electric Midas speak to Alistair Courtney
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:05 pm
by Jeremy
Most of the small Chinese electric scooters aren't exactly well-made and have few, if any, useful components that you could use in a car conversion.
Motors and controllers are readily obtainable at reasonable prices if you shop around. Take a look at
www.marselectricllc.com for some budget motor details, and either
http://www.alltraxinc.com/ or
http://www.kellycontroller.com/shop/ for some reasonably priced controllers.
Batteries can be locally sourced lead acid traction batteries if you're working to a budget, or LiFePO4 cells if you have some extra cash.
Jeremy
electric Midas conversion
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:43 pm
by phil shepherdson
many thanks for all of your useful replies - Phil S
electric Midas conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:41 am
by phil shepherdson
FlossyThePig wrote:The current plan I have for my MkII Midas is a motor for each wheel. Why have an electric sports car that can't overtake a milk float?
Hugh
that sounds intriging. how would you go about that exactly; a hub motor at each wheel and where sourced?? - Phil