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I've been interested in this event since the first Refuel Event in 2009 when Stevil Knevil prepped his Etek powered Pocketbike and passed inspection. I've watched (YouTube) cool DIY projects like Steve's get out to ride the famous Laguna Seca track and always dreamed some day I'd get a chance...

I've always wanted to go check out these Annual Refuel Events at Laguna Seca but I don't know if it would be any fun just being a spectator. Does anyone know if the spectators are allowed out in the pit areas so we can actually see the vehicles up close? My bro and are thinking about driving...

After reading thru the pg.1 of this thread the first thing I thought was "bypass the BMS and see if it can make it a few blocks then remeasure the cells" I know I'll probably get some Thumbs Downs from other ES members for mentioning this but I honestly haven't used a board type of BMS on my...

Hey I heard you got the Cruiser wired up and running last night. :mrgreen:

Havent really been keeping up with boards lately and just recently found out about this Hillclimb event, MAN DOES THIS BRING BACK MEMORIES :D Reminds me of way back when electric scooters were just catching on and my bro and I would participate in the events. Here's a link to a 2004...

This battery seemed very interesting until i dug up a price on one of these. http://www.captn-henry.com/Motoren/torqeedo/Torqeedo.pdf Torqeedo Power 26-77 = 3,327.00 euros !!! Doesnt that come out to around $7k? ouch

Last I spoke with Todd from EMS was at this years Annual Palo Alto EV event. He mentioned that theyve already tested the Brushless Etek at 60v with a brushless controller made out of China. Said it was very impressive at 60v, no word on 72v yet but that was a few months ago.

Some of you old VisforVoltage forum members should remember this PVC gokart. Somebody posted details and pics of this kart way back in the day, I'm surprised Fechter didnt remember (actually totally slipped my mind too until this thread came along). The post on Vis4V included larger photos...

So what line did you tell the service center to convince them to let you have them for free. Just curious cause I'd like to build an extended pack and might give this approach a go.

I first saw one of these months ago in a video posted from a big bike week rally and been thinking of the EV possibilities ever since. The T-Rex in its Big Bike gas version sells for $60-80k so scratch that project. Scale it down to about 1/2 the size and make it a 1-seater, power it with an...

OK back onto the Velomobile. After watching that video of the Velomobile cruising at 45-50mph I dug deeper into cyberspace and read a good amount about the Go-One Velomobiles. Anybody willing to start a new EV project using one these as a donor, heck it's only $8k to start...

Man shows how much I've been around lately, I just found Knoxie's posts on his Latest Rev Puma testing in the "Review and Testing" threads. Great work Knoxie, just by me actually owning a beefed up older revision and reading your early tests at 37v on the new Pumas it wont be long before...

Hey Knoxie, yes the Puma is still doing its thing at 52v. Its been very reliable and for those of you that have expressed concerns about the internal gears might be noisier than the direct drive hub motors, I actually think its a little quieter than my bro's X5. Joystix has sold his 48v Nimh...

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couple of questions, how much? what are their max and continuous Amp discharge rating? how long was the wait for the packs to come in? - Thanks