Hello everyone. I have decided to switch the scope of a previous project to electric. It was a 60's Lambretta scooter, which I was stuffing a BV500 piaggio drivetrain into.
BV500 BUILD
I have had production electric cars for almost 6 years and found my excitement about hot rod gas motors subsiding.
So I saved the front end conversion and got a new frame. I have located this motor:
25kw PARAMOTOR
Been working with the manufacturer to reconfigure it to:
144v
14kv = 2000rpm
Sealed and watercooled
I would not have normally wanted the hub motor, but I am trying to stuff 16kwh into the frame and there is just no room for a mid drive.
There have been some talk on facebook forums that this motor will not work with traction applications. I do have one person using the next smaller version of this in race karts and he laughs at that assertion. He shot me a video with him doing donuts with the 150mm version of the same motor.
My biggest issue is the batteries. I need pretty high energy density to fit that much power into the body. I was looking at the latest leaf batteries, but haven't been able to find a wrecked car. It was also suggested to use 2017 bmw i3 batteries, which I am looking for.
I would love to hear some thoughts.
Thanks.
BV500 BUILD
I have had production electric cars for almost 6 years and found my excitement about hot rod gas motors subsiding.
So I saved the front end conversion and got a new frame. I have located this motor:
25kw PARAMOTOR
Been working with the manufacturer to reconfigure it to:
144v
14kv = 2000rpm
Sealed and watercooled
I would not have normally wanted the hub motor, but I am trying to stuff 16kwh into the frame and there is just no room for a mid drive.
There have been some talk on facebook forums that this motor will not work with traction applications. I do have one person using the next smaller version of this in race karts and he laughs at that assertion. He shot me a video with him doing donuts with the 150mm version of the same motor.
My biggest issue is the batteries. I need pretty high energy density to fit that much power into the body. I was looking at the latest leaf batteries, but haven't been able to find a wrecked car. It was also suggested to use 2017 bmw i3 batteries, which I am looking for.
I would love to hear some thoughts.
Thanks.