Im in the process of planning a future project and i need to find an electric motor with around 80 - 100kW.
Does anyone know where i can find motors this powerful? Iv done a few searches but dont seem to be able to find very much.
is this for the starter motor for your jag engine?
No 
Its for an electric car. Probably a midget or similar 
I want to find out costs, Ah etc
Not sure what the power rating is but what about those ride on pallet trucks you see whizzing about in warehouses.
They used to be for sale in a weekly business mag (can't remember what it was called) but they didn't cost much.
Anyone got a link to that American electric powered Se7en?
Was really well done IIRC.
They could tell you what to use.
Cheers,
James
Your best bet is to look on some of the US eletric car websites...
If you are wanting to do a "proper" job find an AC motor...... budget around £800 upwards.....The motor and batteries will cost a LOT...
but worth spending the cash on!
Or you could strip a (ahem) milk float.
Lots of useful information on the forums here
http://www.diyelectriccar.com/
This thread has some interesting information regarding using a transmission for efficiency reasons.
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[Edited on 17/4/09 by iank]
quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
budget around £800 upwards
quote:
Originally posted by sickbag
Or you could strip a (ahem) milk float.
Not to mention the road crushing weight of their batteries. 
quote:
Originally posted by sickbag
Not to mention the road crushing weight of their batteries.
Re: the solar panels. I've often looked at the solar panels they're sticking on those remote road signs as I've driven past and
wondered how easy they would be to 'borrow'. A couple of them should help you run your car.
I'm currently converting all of my house lights to work off batteries and an old UPS so an extra trickle charge from solar panels during the day
would be useful.
[Edited on 17/4/09 by sickbag]
running a high performance AC motor... you would see little return from solar cells IMHO... better spending the money on some lithium batteries!
If you want to do regen braking effectivley you will need an AC motor and some clever control circuitry... theres loads of DIY info out there!
This is something I really fancied doing.... but to an elise instead....
have you thought about getting a small gas turbine engine to generate the elctricity onboard the car? :p
electric motor
another motor
fuel cell system
http://www.greenmotorsport.com/green_motorsport/products_and_services/2,1,388,17.html
Green motorsport do a lot of that kind of thing, and if you speak to them they may well point you in the right direction of what to buy and batteries
etc to have
al
[Edited on 17/4/09 by hellbent345]
I'm thinking of a little motor that will go in place of the 6hp 2 stroke on my Speedy, something that will give me 60mph and a decent 50~60 mile
range per charge.
New to all this electronic shat, seems quite common in the USA but not hear where we invented it!
quote:See, that's why it is always useful to try to put it in context for us. We have quite a few motors in work that are far more powerful than you require (but they're 3 phase which probably isn't that great for your particular application!)
Originally posted by speedyxjs
No
Its for an electric car. Probably a midget or similar
I want to find out costs, Ah etc
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
quote:See, that's why it is always useful to try to put it in context for us. We have quite a few motors in work that are far more powerful than you require (but they're 3 phase which probably isn't that great for your particular application!)
Originally posted by speedyxjs
No
Its for an electric car. Probably a midget or similar
I want to find out costs, Ah etc
These people
BVS
are building an electric Haynes Roadster, might be useful?
Cheers
Chris