Hello - I see I've got lots of reading to do!
I'm a professional ME in the LED lighting industry, and long-time IC hot-rodder. As the kids are getting old enough, I've recently made a few multi-motor scooters, a boosted PowerWheels for the youngest, and a friction-drive electric bicyle that just got on the road this weekend. All just small PM motors; free SLAs and NiCads from work.
My goal is to electrify and mod my "good ol' 1/2 ton P/U truck" for a specific daily commute that will be starting in August. I understand I'll be making various concessions to style, but I understand them.
Five days a week, for two years, I'll need to go 70 miles in the morning; can charge for 8 hrs there (company will supply, they say), and then 15 miles home in the PM to charge overnight. Driving is 80% interstate; flat-ish.
Perhaps something like the EMC-SM300 & Curtis PMC1231, at 144V maybe through a 2-or 3-speed dirt-track transmission (Speedway Motors). Probably forklift batteries to start (again, a deal through work), but maybe BBs.
I first need to get a sense of the KWH I'll need for a 80-100 mile range at ~60 mph in a 6,000 lb. vehicle. Again, its term of duty is two years - no need to have any residual value after that. Target is ~$10-12K, and I have a good shop.
Looking forward to sopping up all the info here over the next few months
Here are nine 250W 24V motors at 48V, and twenty-two 6V / 12 Ah E-light SLAs -
Forrest
I'm a professional ME in the LED lighting industry, and long-time IC hot-rodder. As the kids are getting old enough, I've recently made a few multi-motor scooters, a boosted PowerWheels for the youngest, and a friction-drive electric bicyle that just got on the road this weekend. All just small PM motors; free SLAs and NiCads from work.
My goal is to electrify and mod my "good ol' 1/2 ton P/U truck" for a specific daily commute that will be starting in August. I understand I'll be making various concessions to style, but I understand them.
Five days a week, for two years, I'll need to go 70 miles in the morning; can charge for 8 hrs there (company will supply, they say), and then 15 miles home in the PM to charge overnight. Driving is 80% interstate; flat-ish.
Perhaps something like the EMC-SM300 & Curtis PMC1231, at 144V maybe through a 2-or 3-speed dirt-track transmission (Speedway Motors). Probably forklift batteries to start (again, a deal through work), but maybe BBs.
I first need to get a sense of the KWH I'll need for a 80-100 mile range at ~60 mph in a 6,000 lb. vehicle. Again, its term of duty is two years - no need to have any residual value after that. Target is ~$10-12K, and I have a good shop.
Looking forward to sopping up all the info here over the next few months
Here are nine 250W 24V motors at 48V, and twenty-two 6V / 12 Ah E-light SLAs -
Forrest
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