Electric Hybrid Vehicle Conversion

[JanV]

Has anyone converted a vehicle to electric hybrid by fitting Taizhou 8kW motors to rear wheels with drum brakes. Below is a link to the picture of the motors - the brake disc shown here is removable. http://qsmotor.en.made-in-china.com/product/MvhJHWclErkw/China-Motor-Electric-Car.html

 

[Drunkskunk]

With that slender axle and scooter brake held on by 3 tiny bolts aren't going to do well on a full sized car. It lists loading at 120kg, 265lbs. That means a car with 4 of those needs to weigh under 1000 pounds to include a passenger.
And that's golf cart weight.
Or NEV weight.

Not something you could add to an actual car.

 

[Dauntless]

To further that, you take a quick look at what they have those hubs on, it all looks lightweight. I could believe that yellow buggy was under 1,000 pounds. It mentions customizing your order:

In order to recommend the suitable motor for you and send you the quotation accordingly, could you kindly inform me below points?

1. Your car model, Wheel size?
2. Which volt and wattage of motor do you want to set?
3. Your vehicle weight and loading weight?
4. Speed requirement, and how about torque or climb angle?

I would like to analyse your application within above information, and get back to you with quotation and calculation.

Ask about 25kw hubs. Doubt they have them, but that would be the direction to go in.

 

[friendly1uk]

Might be alright if you print a small car to go with it. Sounds a bit far fetched, but it's not. Put them on the back and the lack of brakes becomes less of an issue. Perhaps e-braking could aid them if you really jump on the stop pedal.

Has anyone added a 5th wheel yet? That seems like a doable project to me. Get a fwd car with space between the rear wheel to drop a 5th e-wheel when just crawling along. On a bit of string like, so you can pull it back up. You could hold a hubby with typical bike forks and a gate hinge. I reckon it's manageable. Perhaps even transferable. Something you could maybe make real. Lots of cars have spare wheel sized cages underneath that could hold a 5th wheel and associated walla walla