Recent content by jcmith

The (New) rule states 5 KWh is max on the batteries.Last year our Optima yellow 51 batteries flopped two days before the race. A professional fishing team gave us six Orbital blue AGM 50 a/h batteries. Those had 100 minutes reserve at the 20 hour rate. They are about 41 lbs each. We ran six at...

Yes we have disc wheels but had beed removed at the time the photo was taken. We are still looking for some type of heat shrink plastic for the underside.I had some once to wrap boats for winter storage and the stuff was super tough. Our solar cells are shell 85 watt with a AERL mppt...

Running 36 volts (45 V max) we never saw more than 100 amps. Only when we started to roll were the amps up to 100. Our controller shuts off at 100 amps. I used an 100 amp fuse as well.Even at 45V and 100 amps our power should not be even close to 6000 watts,Should it? The car weight was 1005 lbs...

Does anyone know of a simple formula that could be used to estimate the amount of power in watts to move an EV?If wind resistance and rolling resistance are left out it would be incorrect but a possible starting point. I have a 450 lb car with a 125 lb driver.I want to select a Crystalyte motor...