Battery Technology / Electric Vehicles

[John Gutmann]

Well You could easily make a VERY powerful electric go kart from 4 AM 2 CIM 2 speed shifters and 8 small CIM motors. If you saw the video that was posted a while ago ( I don't remember what team ), but they took an old swerve drive module and was driving people around with 1 CIM motor. The frame should be brutally simple. Get a Kitbot frame, I personally would trust it, as the cross section of the rails has great structure vertically. It is easy to mount to and a nice size. You can then use 6 of the 18 AHr Batteries to power it. That should be fine for a nice short ride. You can do a 4WD config with u joints on the front wheels for the drive or do a 4wd with 4 back wheels or chain up all 4 transmissions to the back 2 wheels (my preference). And run a simple steering mechanism on the front. No need for fancy rack and pinion steering. I have thought about doing this ALOT in recent years, but once again lack of money ahs stopped me.

Another thing you could do is go talk to a mini baja team in your area and see if they would be interested in donating a car to the cause.

-John