What types of electric drive vehicles are available for purchase in the US? Where can you go to buy one?

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Fuelectric

Even looking for new technologies if anyone has heard of very small technologies which are affordable. Can't quite seem to find much in the U.S. on the web.

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There are a few electric car companies in the US. One includes the Global Electric Motorcar Company, or GEM. (http://www.gemcar.com/) There are a number of dealers throughout the US and Canada. They make low-speed vehicles that you can use around town and are legal in nearly all 50 states and BC in Canada. Another would be ZENN Car, made in Canada. (http://www.zenncars.com/) They are too low-speed electric vehicles and are sold in the US but not Canada. (Odd?) I like these cars much better than the GEM Cars, because they are safer, more enclosed and have A/C! All you have to do is plug them in at night in a regular outlet.

However, I'd wait for the Th!nk City. (http://www.think.no/think) They claim for it to be under $20000 when it reaches the US early next year. It is very safe and can go up to 65mph. It's slightly bigger than a Mercedes Smart car and can be equipped with 2 "Child Seats" (very small seats) in the back! It is fully electric and is charged via regular outlet in your home. It can run for up to 110 miles on full charge. Fun, much?

Anyway, that's all I know. Sad that most of us can't buy a Tesla Roadster. :(

-haynedoy

How long do you think a starter engine will last if used to power a childs electric car.?

non spinne

I have the bright idea to use a very powerful harley starter engine to power a car that I will weld together. I'm thinking of using my bikes orig tire with spockets in the rear and two smaller wheels in the front. Then I'll bolt in a 5 point harness (baby seat) onto the frame. I'll give it some whiskey bars and paint it flat black. Also if anyone could give me pointers on how the thottlw would work, that would be nice too. It will run off of a 12 volt. I've seen this size starter push a road king, so I assume that under light use, the starter could go a long way before burning up. FYI, this will be safe. I'm going to give it a 3 piston brake soft tail brake.
the first guy mentioned "because it has three speeds"...on the washing machine engine. I'd like to contoll the amperage that the motor is getting, so I will be contoling the speed and that is where I'm getting the idea that it will have a longer life span...whata u think?
I can weld.. and I have a welder. I'll stick weld it. It's not going to be pretty, but it will be strong. ...if I do it. Did the skateboard give out, or did you get a lot of life out of it. I know these things burn up fast, we are talking about using 5% of the power..and not for an extended amount of time. I really appreciate everyones responses.

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A starter motor is incredibly powerful but not a great choice as the power requirements to make it run are atrocious, using a large lead acid would probabl only last about 2-3 minutes and lead acid is pretty much your only choice when running this much current. Your better bet is a DC motor that is higher voltage such as those used for electric bike kits,a dryer motor would be useless because its a DC motor. You may find a good powerful DC motor on ebay for less then a hundred bucks.

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