This looks interesting..

linky

funny i was only thinking about the possibility of building such a beast today, after looking at the tesla roadster and thinking what a great car............shame you cant buy one and if you could they are too expensive

EEC's are the future.

Well, let's hope there aren't too many "bright sparks" electrocuted in the making of these things! Looks promising though.

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Originally posted by roadrunner
EEC's are the future.

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Ok then EMC as you wish.

the Dutch MK importer has a road registered electric Indy for over a year now. that thing is B*tch-Quick
here's the website of their fellow company selling the drive systems and owning the car.

http://www.evisol.com/

grtz Thomas

[Edited on 3/1/08 by thomas4age]

There was an Electric powered Tiger in one of the kit car mags alot of years ago now. That was very fast. But if I remember correctly it only had a distance of fifty miles, before it needed a re-charge.

The Evisol thrust modules will build a fantastic EV put the prices make it hugely out of the reach of most and certainly not locost!

Even the MK EV built by Evisol had lead acid batteries to keep the cost down. A Li-ion battery for this car will cost in excess of £20,000

Here is a link to the PDF with the prices/specs.

http://www.blitznortheast.com/Junk/Evisol_Thrust.pdf

A real locost alternative is a recycled DC motor and reused telecoms batteries. The motor should fit in the transmission tunnel and the 12 or so cells can be spread between the engine bay and the space above the rear axle.

SVA should be easy, especially on noise and emissions.

[Edited on 24/1/08 by ..::Nightfire::..]