[Homestead] gas prices

Don Bowen don.bowen at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 7 21:00:38 EDT 2007


At 6/7/2007, you wrote:
>But it would take far less motor and battery to propel a bike with a
>small trailer than even the smallest electric car.

I built an electric assist bike last year.  It uses a 600W hub motor and a 
36V 12 Ah battery pack.  With that and the hills around here it goes about 
10-15 miles.  With less me and smaller tires it could go maybe 20 miles.  I 
am thinking of restoring a 1980 Commutta-Car Postal Van.  With modern golf 
cart batteries it would have a range of maybe 40-50 miles, less with a 
load.  Pictures are in my journal.

The question about restoring it spins around money.  12 batteries at around 
$80 each adds up and it would more than likely need major rewiring and 
conversion to a modern controller.  Throw in hard to find brake parts and 
$100 tires and it becomes an issue.

I figured that the payback would be on the order of 2 years.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
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