A friend of mine built an electric motorcycle from scratch.
He used 2 12v deep cycle marine batteries, but was unhappy with the
performance.
He opted for nickel metal hydride cells.
About 210 of them, IIRC
It did work to his satisfaction.

He got bored with it, though, removed the battery pack, and installed a Wren
brand model turboprop engine unit.
Also a success, and turn way more heads in traffic.
If you follow behind him, you can read peoples' lips...
"what the ..."


""Nick Müller"" wrote in message
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Ignoramus32687 wrote:

I see not much reason to use inversion, AC, phase conversion etc.

He could also use about 170 NiCads. :-)


Nick
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