I talked to a Cushman dealer and they no longer make the 3 wheeler. When they did they were 72v and went faster than the gas version. Heavy 2100 pounds 12 t105s. Scary fast in his opinion. He deals in golfcarts and said the Cushman was hard to fix and many of them were junked. Lawrence Rhodes..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:33 AM Subject: Re: The Meter Maid's Car
> I talked to someone in San Francisco maintainance and they said the Cushman > carts were more trouble maintainance wise that cars. Electrifing them would > be a step forward but they are heavy for what they are. Though with 600 lb > of batteries they would probably go 60 miles on a charge and not need a > transmission. As is they only do 39 mph. You might get the same > performance with no tranny. Maybe a little less speed to get the hills. > Not sure I could do the calculations. It would weigh 2000 pounds and have a > 400 pound capacity plus a driver. Lawrence Rhodes... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:45 PM > Subject: The Meter Maid's Car > > > I recently saw a meter maid plying her trade. I know we > aren't supposed to call them meter maids anymore; they're > Parking Enforcement Officers. I was reminded of some time > spent a few years ago studing a 3-wheeled scooter similar > to a metermaidmobile and wondering if one could be an > EV. To see what a metermaidmobile looks like go to: > http://www.cushmanco.com/OnRoad/Patrol/Pat474.html > > It looked like a good conversion would be possible. An > ADC 8-inch motor could be placed under a slight hump > in the floor under the driver's feet and coupled to a manual > transmission and an automotive type rear axle. There's > ample room behind the driver and under the seat for > batteries, controller, charger, etc. > > No, I'm not going to suggest to John Lussmyer that he trade > his Sparrow for one of these. > > Tom Shay >
