I am planning to convert a Maruthi Suzuki Esteem into pure electric car run by Switched Reluctance Motor drive . I contacted the motor suppliers and they asked for the details such as the torque of motor required , rpm , voltage , amps . Well from googling , i found a motor of 10 hp and 72 volt...

Hello All I need some expert help, I have been doing some calculating and want to see if my numbers are accurate, I used the methods out lined in "Sizing Your Battery Pack" http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11709 . I would like to have a pack that can handle my 70 KM trip to...

I'm working on my first EV conversion and really want to run through a lot of theoretical configurations for my battery pack to get the performance I want out of it, but one thing I'm having trouble with is getting an number for "efficiency" or rather, an estimate of watts/mile. This seems to be...