Hi Bryan,
--- Bryan Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I disagree... unless you are getting exotic with
> your electric motors. i.e.
> thin and nearly as big as the wheel. While these
> kinds of motors are cool I
> haven't been able to find them since I saw them on
> the net about 3 years
> ago.. There are ways to do the conversion with
> standard motors made for
> Electric cars. I have thought of at least 3
> different ways to do it and my
> problem has been deciding which way to go. If you've
> a source for those
> fancy motors.. mind indulging me? thanks
All wheel motors I know of are custom made. This
drives the price thru the roof.
Personally I don't see why people need a 4000+ lb
vehicle to move 1 or 2 people around. What we need are
smaller biodiesel and electric vehicles not larger.
If I was building a kick ass 4x4 I'd leave the
diesel in place and run it on biodiesel to the rear
wheels and a 9" ADC motor , DCP 1200 controller and
192 volt pack of Optima yellow top batts to the front
axle.
Less work, but still costs 10k to 15k. A 4 wheel
motor system is this 1 motor system times 4. Gets to
50 k quickly.
I'm currently building a 3 wheeled Ev car and
planning to produce a composite enclosed 2 seat sport
wagon with 2 wheels in front. I'm painfully aware of
what things cost. Try bringing in a low production car
to market you find out about prices fast.
I'm good at keeping cost down so if you send me off
list your vehicle model, preferably a light one, it's
mission ie off road, commute, ect? and other details I
could point you in the right place.
jerry dycus
> --Bryan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerry dycus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <biofuel@egroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [biofuel] half brained idea
>
>
> > Hi Bryan and All,
> > --- Bryan Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > $50,000? where do you come up with that figure?
> > > Please don't quote the
> > > military pricing.. Allt he parts necessary to do
> > > that kind of conversion
> > > should be available on the net..
> > >
> > >
> > > --Bryan
> > 4 Wheel motors are not cheap. The low speed/ hi
> > torque requirement is hard to do. Neither are 4
> > controllers to run them and the unit to make them
> run
> > together. Then you have a big alt and the curcuits
> to
> > control them. A very large battery pack of AGM or
> > ni-cad batteries. The 4 x4 , someone to put it
> > together, ect.
> > If you want a good 4x4 , 1 motor, 1
> controller ,
> > flooded batteries you can get by for 3k to 10k if
> you
> > do it yourself. This will not be a kick ass 4 x 4
> as
> > was requested.
> > The military paid a lot more than $50,000 for
> the
> > first humvee that way, probably over 1 million.
> > Production ones about $150,000 each.
> > Later, jerry dycus >
> > > > Hi ,
> > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > had a interesting thought to promote
> biodiesel.
> > > take
> > > > > a 4 wheel drive
> > > > > diesel pickup. remove tranny and replace
> with
> > > high
> > > > > wattage alternator
> > > > > (perm mag generator?). mount electric motors
> on
> > > all
> > > > > wheels. fill bed
> > > > > of pickup with batteries, fill her up with
> > > biodiesel
> > > > > and go drag
> > > > > racing. a biofuelie lead sled!
> > > > >
> > > > It's been done by the army. They took a
> > > Humvee
> > > > and did exactly that.
> > > > Most new military vehicles in the future
> will
> > > be
> > > > this way. They see them as mobile gens too.
> > > > Cost $50,000 to do it though to a 4 x 4.
> > > > jerry dycus >
> > > >
> >
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