[ausev] Conversion to a NEV?

[red scott]

Pretty cool. I see a lot of excess, uneeded sheet metal that can be stripped off for weight savings. In effect, turn it into a flat-bed pickup and lose a couple hundred pounds and make a few dollars by doing lite hauling for the neighbors.
It's pretty cool that you live in a neighborhood that allows golf carts on the streets. I would either get ticketed or run over by large trucks for doing that. I'm nervous about riding my tricycle to the grocery store.
Randy

 



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From: Matt <mba at hazmat.com>
To: ausev at austinev.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:09:13 PM
Subject: [ausev] Conversion to a NEV?

Hi- I'm new to the group.  I just bought (at a UT auction) a Taylor Dunn
electric van:
<http://www.hazmat.com/~mjb/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3625>

Not sure if this is even possible, but has anyone had a successful
conversion of something like this to a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
(NEV)?  It has a 48V system, and runs well, and seems to have good
batteries.  It has lights and signals and so forth, and I think that the
top speed allows it into the NEV category (20mph, I think- gotta test it
out!).

My goal would be to have a NEV that had enough range to get me back and
forth from work on a charge (about a 5mi round trip), plus some weekend
errands (back and forth from the HEB, garage sales, etc).  I see golf
carts driving around my neighborhood all the time (Balcones Village)- I
don't know if that is just a 'flexing' of the rules.  I may just throw an
old set of clubs in the back (I only play putt-putt) and call it a 'golf
cart' in the meantime.

Regards,

Matt Bennett
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