Solar assisted electric vehicle "DIY e-kart"

[evmadrid]

Hello!!
It consist in a two seater solar panel assisted electric vehicle mounted over a modificated go-kart base.
72V system with twin 1500W front direct drive hub motors on 16" rims. It is feed by a 72V 29Ah li-ion battery specially built for this power requirements, making up to 200Km of range at 35km/h thanks of a high efficient oriented design. It reaches 50km/h of top speed in normal mode. Includes a small 60W custom made solar panel rated at 98Voc 84Vmp that adds 5Km extra range for each hour under the sun.
Extended info in the video description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6RLA0abmF8

more info about us: www.facebook.com/evmadrid1/

 

[landuse]

Nice

 

[itsid]

not exactly a go kart..
(I know most pedal kart manufacturers these days write go kart on everything)
even worse.. people start to reuse that term for pedal karts all over the place..
hate that..

Anywhooo

Nice ev you have there
not sure I'd added the hubmotors to the front wheels
(I'd put them on the rear because that's where most of the load is)
But that's a personal preference



One question:
knowing you'd only gain ~5km per hr of boiling the solarpanel in the sun..
would you do it again? I mean adding solar range extenders instead of a bigger battery..?

'sid

 

[bob58o]

very cool. I really like when people add music to videos. I like to see what they choose.

 

[chancer]

Yep Cool song!