Diy electric car

**JJCarEnthusiast** · March 13th, 2011 09:19 PM

just came across this video from youtube, an electric drag racer. actually makes sense 'cause an electric motor is supposed to give out huge torque which you will need in a drag race.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAYrsEOxqYc"]YouTube - Electric Car Drag Racing | Oregon Field Guide | OPB[/ame]

**Vodka** · December 4th, 2015 10:40 PM

so whatever happened to the PH electric car scene?

i'm really really tempted to get a cheap used suzuki alto, rip out the engine and put in electric bits

**dishcom** · December 5th, 2015 02:50 PM

Hangat walang battery na mabilis ma charge at matagal magamit e hindi mag boboom ang e car.. sana may ma invent na at super affordable.

**Vodka** · December 5th, 2015 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by dishcom

Hangat walang battery na mabilis ma charge at matagal magamit e hindi mag boboom ang e car.. sana may ma invent na at super affordable.

it's not gonna be super affordable coz batteries are expensive. not yet at least

charging time for lithium-ion is very decent, especially the bottom half i.e. zero to around half-full can be charged very rapidly without detrimental effects

cycle life and calendar life for li-ion is very good already. 8 years no problem. after that you could probably use it for home electricity storage

**dishcom** · December 6th, 2015 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Vodka

it's not gonna be super affordable coz batteries are expensive. not yet at least

charging time for lithium-ion is very decent, especially the bottom half i.e. zero to around half-full can be charged very rapidly without detrimental effects

cycle life and calendar life for li-ion is very good already. 8 years no problem. after that you could probably use it for home electricity storage

I think dapat mas mabilis pa. Parang standard petrol lang na kinakarga for a few minutes and can run for alot of hours.. it that happen im sure e car will boom.

**Vodka** · December 12th, 2015 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by dishcom

I think dapat mas mabilis pa. Parang standard petrol lang na kinakarga for a few minutes and can run for alot of hours.. it that happen im sure e car will boom.

yep that'll get invented eventually. but for now this is what we've got. for daily commutes a "slow" 2 or 3 hour charge at night is really good enough

charging time isn't the limiting factor right now, it's COST. batteries are expensive. that's why Elon Musk is building the gigafactory

**niky** · December 12th, 2015 10:56 PM

If you want to perform a conversion, you can talk to the guys at MD Juan who do the E-Jeep. I think they offer conversion packages. Or they did, at least the last time I asked. They've rolled out another series of E-Jeeps over the past year, so they may still have the parts for it.

There are several other local groups building E-trikes and E-Jeeps. Some specialize in controllers, others motors, others batteries... the scene is small, but actually growing.

One of the more interesting ones is this:
https://www.facebook.com/etroev/

Their "Agila" electric bike has a pretty powerful motor. 18hp equivalent, if I recall, and it's powered by lithium-ion batteris. Heavy-arse bike, but it's the fastest electric-bike I've ever ridden... easily equivalent in power to a 250cc or higher bike, with instant torque.