psych0hans wrote:
Hi guys, my last attempt at building a locost was a complete flop show, but now that I’m also working on building an electric vehicle company, this is back on the charts. I’m going to build something really compact, to seat one, not road legal and powered by an electric motor mounted on the axle. The target is to have a top speed of up to 100mph and a range of 30miles.
Can you guys recommend what changes I would need to do to the book frame for this? The transmission tunnel would go and it would obviously be a lot narrower. Ill place the battery pack where the engine would have gone. Haven’t really selected a donor for the suspension yet and other components yet.
Wish me luck, I’ll definitely need it to actually finish the build, but I’m really optimistic, as I actually have a team of people to help me this time.
You will find that an electric motor without a transmission will not get to to 100 mph easily. My advice is a gear box and place the motor in the back above a transaxle gear box. Why not make it street legal and why one seat. Your range of 30 miles also will not be popular. You will need at least 100 miles. I suspect that you plan to drive this rig autocross??