Thursday, November 20, 2008

How fast, How far, How much

Speed
With a 72 volt system and 6 HP the top speed should be about 60% of the top speed of the original vehicles 80 MPH (guess), so 48 MPH. A guess at the sustainable speed between 25 and 35 MPH. With 6 12V batteries at 75 amp hours each, at 100 amps and only 80% of the battery capacity available before loss of power they should last 36 minutes. At 25 MPH that's 15 miles range.

Budget
A minimum budget of a very basic conversion of $2085. With a few upgrades like a larger motor and vacuum brake system the conversion should be $2621. There are a few other upgrades like a PakTrakr which will bring it up to about $3000.

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