What would it take to make a panda run on electricity? the obvious are:
A donor panda(selecta would be the easiest i assume)
A motor (very big one)
Lots of Batteries
But how would you "fuel" the panda? Plug in points or have a way of producing electricity on board?
You could use alternators on drive shafts (obviously with no engine there isnt a drive belt to power it. replace the sun roof with a solar panel. have miniture wind turbines stuck on the roof and bonnet.
Personally not a fan of plugging a car into a wall as this defys the point of not trunning on Petrol.
How do you know a car is more economical when running on electricity? obvoiusly you can't meausre MPG with elecricity. but cost aswell. We might have to imagine that electricity is "free". would the cost of a conversion be less than the running of a panda around town for 6months. (similar to converting to LPG really).
car electrics would be a trouble to, as i understand the selecta has all different types of sensors on the engine and ecu to control the box.
Jon or Petel your Selecta knowledge would be much appreciated here.
This is something i would be quite interested in trying if easy enough to do. so all help much appreciated.
A donor panda(selecta would be the easiest i assume)
A motor (very big one)
Lots of Batteries
But how would you "fuel" the panda? Plug in points or have a way of producing electricity on board?
You could use alternators on drive shafts (obviously with no engine there isnt a drive belt to power it. replace the sun roof with a solar panel. have miniture wind turbines stuck on the roof and bonnet.
Personally not a fan of plugging a car into a wall as this defys the point of not trunning on Petrol.
How do you know a car is more economical when running on electricity? obvoiusly you can't meausre MPG with elecricity. but cost aswell. We might have to imagine that electricity is "free". would the cost of a conversion be less than the running of a panda around town for 6months. (similar to converting to LPG really).
car electrics would be a trouble to, as i understand the selecta has all different types of sensors on the engine and ecu to control the box.
Jon or Petel your Selecta knowledge would be much appreciated here.
This is something i would be quite interested in trying if easy enough to do. so all help much appreciated.
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