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| Ev Archive for January 1999 |
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| 1731 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:44:09 2001 |
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Re: Souped up CitiCar?
Rob wrote;
>I'm about to buy a little 538cc suzuki hatchback, it is a little two
>seater and it weighs 530kgs as an ICE... The ICE is good and I plan to
>use it for pizza deliveries, but when the engine eventually carc's it,
>I'll have the money to convert it to electric too... So by then I'll
>(hopefully!) have my EV sierra as well as an EV hatch...
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>My question is, how much does the citicar weigh? Would I be looking at
>a similar sized motor? How many amps do you pull in this thing? Since
>originally at 36v you would have had 2.5 hp... and you said now you have
>double the amps, I'm guessing about 100amps?
The Citicar weighs about 600 kgf (1300 Lb.) with me in it. It uses about
40 to 50 amps (at 72 volts nominal) to drive at 60 km/h. It has low
rolling resistance because it weighs so little and has the tires pumped up.
The double the amps I was referring to was in order to get that horrendous
acceleration. The amps are up a bit over 200 amps when I floor it. Poor
little motor has been taking it, but I don't do this all the time.
regards, Eric
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