"The Kid", my 25 year old, seen a video of a snowmobile with electric power.
he'd like to do the same thing to a four wheeler.

Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

Karl

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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"The Kid", my 25 year old, seen a video of a snowmobile with electric
power. he'd like to do the same thing to a four wheeler.

Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

Karl


http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:10:52 -0500, the infamous "Karl Townsend"
scrolled the following:

"The Kid", my 25 year old, seen a video of a snowmobile with electric power.
he'd like to do the same thing to a four wheeler.

ATV or 4WD full-size truck?


Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

I doubt that he could find a Prius at a junkyard, but it's new and
high-tech.

Where will he plug in to recharge, at the forestry lookout station's
solar cell array? Through solar cells on a modified lumber rack?

I guess he could always just swing a line over the nearest power
transmission tower, eh?

I'd have bought a hybrid (2WD) truck last year if it had been
available.

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Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...
"The Kid", my 25 year old, seen a video of a snowmobile with electric
power. he'd like to do the same thing to a four wheeler.

Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

Karl

Depends on how much power and weight you need can live with. Batteries are
the killer for most electric vehicles. Briggs & Stratton has a DC electric
that develops the equivalent around 12 HP. There are some guys who have put
them on top of small outboards in place of a gas power head. I'm sure there
are plenty of golf cart motors that could be used. When I was a kid I knew
a kid down the street that powered a flat track go-cart with a starter motor
off a car. He burned them up fairly often, but he could buy 50 of them for
the price of a good gas motor. I think he was actually getting them from a
wrecking yard for next to nothing.

....
ATV or 4WD full-size truck?

ATV


Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

I doubt that he could find a Prius at a junkyard, but it's new and
high-tech.

Where will he plug in to recharge, at the forestry lookout station's
solar cell array? Through solar cells on a modified lumber rack?

My place, of course. The juice is free here.

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:35:18 -0500, Karl Townsend wrote:
[Larry Jacques wrote]
[someone wrote]
Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there
is new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

I doubt that he could find a Prius at a junkyard, but it's new and
high-tech.

Where will he plug in to recharge, at the forestry lookout station's
solar cell array? Through solar cells on a modified lumber rack?

My place, of course. The juice is free here.

I don't know what Larry meant, but when I read his post imagined
that he thought the electric ATV would be used in areas where
gas-powered ones aren't welcome.

Although not relevant to Minnesota, current rulings for Yellowstone
Park have disallowed snowmobiles and snowcoaches for the 2008-09 winter.
See eg http://www.sharetrails.org/releases/snownews/?story=613 or
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=3625 . The expired
regulations refer to "best available technology snowmobiles", with
certified machines (typically 4-stroke) listed at
http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/current_batlist.htm .

--
jiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdEqRwk2Oc

Ok, here it is. The elecric drive you have been waiting for.

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:35:18 -0500, the infamous "Karl Townsend"
scrolled the following:

...
ATV or 4WD full-size truck?

ATV


Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part
sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

I doubt that he could find a Prius at a junkyard, but it's new and
high-tech.

Where will he plug in to recharge, at the forestry lookout station's
solar cell array? Through solar cells on a modified lumber rack?

My place, of course. The juice is free here.

Oh, I thought you might want to take it somewhere, y'know, like the
BOONDOCKS, WHERE YOU CAN GO 4WDing. g

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In article 44DBk.415$nl3.334@trnddc05,
Winston wrote:
Karl Townsend wrote:
"The Kid", my 25 year old, seen a video of a snowmobile with electric power.
he'd like to do the same thing to a four wheeler.

Anyone have suggestions on where to go for design advice and part sourcing?

I suggested parting out an old electric golf cart. He's thinking there is
new technology that will make for a far snappier machine.

Karl

You can buy it new for $1K. Delivery is ~$620 more.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/4tto9z

1000 watt motor, which is less than 2hp.

I recently priced the components to build a 10 hp electric vehicle. I don't
think it can be done for less than $1500 just for the parts and not counting
the batteries.

--
-Ed Falk,
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/

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Bob La Londe wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdEqRwk2Oc

Ok, here it is. The elecric drive you have been waiting for.

Oh, man. The day they make a 10hp rechargable drill I'm all over it.

For now, I'm looking for a junked electric forklift with a good motor, a
good controller, and hopefully, a good transmission/differential.

Wish me luck.

--
-Ed Falk,
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/