Elecric Trike

August 7th, 2008 | Posted by Justin Kaiser in Alternative Fuels | Comments

This is an interesting setup… D Barkley reports he has $213.00 in the motor after shipping, $40.00 each for the batteries. Apparently you can purchase a kit from http://www.e-volks.com and it runs about $2000.00. That is motor, controller, potbox (throttle), adapter and maybe cable ends.

I think you will still need cable. This would have a motor like the one on the dune buggy. The batteries were purchased surplus, their original cost is like $200.00. They weigh 63 lb., lead = capacity. The more they weigh the more their capacity. For more money (lots more) you could go lithium, lose the weight and increase capacity and the range will be three times as much. The charge time will decrease.

For more info on this build, check out http://www.texomaev.com or http://www.flickr.com/mbarkley or http://www.evalbum.com

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