Battery Vehicle Society

Hi,
I'm new to the forum - but it stands to reason that a lighter is easier to convert...

I'm considering converting a car for the following requirements:

-carry 2 adults and one dog
-to be used as a second vehicle for up to 20 mile commute daily
-no long distance travel
-keep costs down where possible
-willing to take things out to reduce weight!
-capable of achieveing 70mph for short distances

Thought a ten year old ford puma could be a good choice? approx 1020 kgs at the start...

thanks for any assistance

Graham

any suggestions on motor/batteries/controller required

Funny I was just looking at a friend's Puma yesterday But they at over 1000kg that's not light and you're going to use up a fair bit of the little room there is in them with batteries too.

Cinquecentos have been done, lighter cheaper and more space

I've seen a few kit cars that look like 4x4s but are based on fwd donors (can't remember the name, maybe Qdos can help). Might be worth a search on ebay for unfinished projects. Should be plenty of battery room on-board.

Floydster

Kit cars make superb EV projects there's hundreds of different ones out there it all depends on what you are looking for, mostly though they tend to be open top sports cars.

Not sure which Floyd is referring to maybe the Jimini? They already have an EV option on that.

Along the lines of a Puma there's the Quantum which is Fiesta based and is a bit more practical than the Puma with hints of Elan about it. The red one at the back is a hard top hatch back coupe



Or Perhaps a Banham , Audi TT ish?

Here's one I'm thinking of: http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/ ... ls.php?156

but there's another that looks like the old Lada 4x4 but I can't remember what it's called (anyone?).

Floydster

I'm not sure Jage are still going. They based teir kits on the old RWD Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts

Not sure at all about the Lada Niva / Cossack kit you're talking about

NCF Diamond maybe ?



Most of the 4x4 type machines now are based on heavy 4x4s plus their aerodynamics are pants ofcourse.

The Hustler by William Towns would have been good for an EV, Mini based

I'm converting a reliant kitten - they were pretty light (650kg ish from memory) & can be picked up reasonably cheap.
They were fairly ropey when new mind you, & will not have improved in the 30 odd intervening years.....
Doing up seems fairly reasonable though, parts seem easy enough to get.

Just remembered the Rickman Ranger, Floyd is it that?

You probably won't get much lighter than this, but your dog would have to be fairly small...

eBay item: 220261296160
Messerschmitt replica

floydster wrote:Here's one I'm thinking of: http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/ ... ls.php?156

but there's another that looks like the old Lada 4x4 but I can't remember what it's called (anyone?).

Floydster

It's called a Lada Niva or Lada Niva Cossack for the "deluxe" version.