The electric motor from a standard forklift can be salvaged and used in an electric vehicle design.
These motors can be purchased on ebay for a few hundred dollars, search ebay for "forklift motor"..
These motors can run(slowly) on a single 12 volt car battery, but can also be operated by using either two car batteries in series(24 volts) or by using three car batteries in series(36 volts).
The speed of the motor is dependent on how much voltage you are pumping into the motor.
A basic forklift motor test run using a single 12 volt car battery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyN7HMunxv0
It is common to replace a car's gas engine with a standard forklift motor, the forklift motor can be connected directly to a vehicle's transmission or can also be connected directly to the vehicle's driveshaft.
I have watched a video before of a very snappy porsche that actually performs better with one of these motors compared to the gas engine that it had from the factory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECFn2QTldHk
and this video is a beautiful example of how simple it can be to design an electric vehicle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCKLC7GBmc
These motors can be purchased on ebay for a few hundred dollars, search ebay for "forklift motor"..
These motors can run(slowly) on a single 12 volt car battery, but can also be operated by using either two car batteries in series(24 volts) or by using three car batteries in series(36 volts).
The speed of the motor is dependent on how much voltage you are pumping into the motor.
A basic forklift motor test run using a single 12 volt car battery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyN7HMunxv0
It is common to replace a car's gas engine with a standard forklift motor, the forklift motor can be connected directly to a vehicle's transmission or can also be connected directly to the vehicle's driveshaft.
I have watched a video before of a very snappy porsche that actually performs better with one of these motors compared to the gas engine that it had from the factory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECFn2QTldHk
and this video is a beautiful example of how simple it can be to design an electric vehicle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCKLC7GBmc