<div>Howdy all,</div>
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<div> I'm just starting the "investigation" stage of making an ev roadster. The goal would be to have something I could commute with (currently its a 50 mile round trip from lake travis into town (so Hill country + highway).. The idea I am playing with is building roadster based on a locost design. If you want to know what a locost sports car is just google locost :-P but the short description is its a lotus 7 clone that is home grown.
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<div> Anyways before I can go to far I need to find out more about using an EV power plant (transmission conserns, power needs, battery capacity, etc..) and while I can read lots of diffrent websites (and have been for the last few weeks). I figured I would be better off dropping a line and seeing what "starter" sources you guys suggest.. (yes I have read austinEV's getting started and EV America's getting started and a few others as well.. What Im am intreated is more detail about calculating performance, range, and power, motor requirements, etc...
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<div>Thanks </div>
<div>Josh</div>