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Battery motor question

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Bikenut:
I’m not confident trying to build a pack like that honestly
Is that one thing Go,den Motor could do, or if not, any idea who could?

Bikemad:
Building a one off battery is something that Golden Motor would be unlikely to consider, and I don't know of anyone who would be willing to undertake a build on this scale.

If you add up the cost of the cells, BMS, charger, motor, controller and labour etc., you may find that it could end up being cheaper to purchase a commercially available product like the Zero DS ZF14.4 which has a top speed of 98 mph and a range of 78 miles @ 70 mph.

If you could find a good second hand one at a reasonable price, it would definitely be worth considering.

Four years ago, I paid less than £940 including delivery (~$1200) for a second hand Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter which had only covered ~1800 miles from new:



It has a top speed of just over 70mph, but I can only manage a range of about 21 miles of local (hilly) riding on the original 30Ah NiMH battery pack. If I were to upgrade the battery pack using 40kWh Nissan Leaf modules, it should increase the range to over 100 miles.

Alan
 

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