The Toecutter
100 kW
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I'm planning to convert a Milan SL velomobile in my possession to an EV.
It is highly efficient. For the same effort to hold 14 mph on a mountainbike on flat ground, I can hold 30 mph in this thing. I can hit 50 mph on flat ground after one and a half miles of full-effort sprinting, entirely unmotorized.
It currently weighs about 70 lbs. Front wheels are 20" Alex rims with Continental Contact Urban 20x1.25" tires, and the rear wheel is an Alex 26" with a Schwalbe Marathon 26x1.25" tire. 24/38/53T gearing up front and a 36-11T 9-speed cassette in the back.
Plans are to spot weld together and install a custom-made 21S4P 1kWh pack of Panasonic NCR18650GA 3.5AH cells and run it at 2kW peak and maybe 50A max phase current, with a Grin All-Axle rear hub motor and a Phaserunner controller. Maybe should be good for 70 mph top speed with a 5T wind or 80 mph top speed with a 3T wind. Range should exceed 200 miles at 30-35 mph with light pedaling effort, and 100 miles at 60 mph.
Pics of the vehicle:
It is highly efficient. For the same effort to hold 14 mph on a mountainbike on flat ground, I can hold 30 mph in this thing. I can hit 50 mph on flat ground after one and a half miles of full-effort sprinting, entirely unmotorized.
It currently weighs about 70 lbs. Front wheels are 20" Alex rims with Continental Contact Urban 20x1.25" tires, and the rear wheel is an Alex 26" with a Schwalbe Marathon 26x1.25" tire. 24/38/53T gearing up front and a 36-11T 9-speed cassette in the back.
Plans are to spot weld together and install a custom-made 21S4P 1kWh pack of Panasonic NCR18650GA 3.5AH cells and run it at 2kW peak and maybe 50A max phase current, with a Grin All-Axle rear hub motor and a Phaserunner controller. Maybe should be good for 70 mph top speed with a 5T wind or 80 mph top speed with a 3T wind. Range should exceed 200 miles at 30-35 mph with light pedaling effort, and 100 miles at 60 mph.
Pics of the vehicle:
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