Batteries, which to choose?
September 16th, 2008 | Published in Build, Parts
So as I’m still looking for parts to put on to my kart it was now time to look for the biggest hurdle of all electrical vehicle manufacturers in making EVs fully competitive, the Battery.
When I looked at the karts being built by many people around the globe most where using the famous Lead-Acid batteries we know from our gas guzzling automobiles. Still with pretty decent performance these batteries suffer from one problem when it comes to putting them on a kart though: Weight!!. If I would like to get a 96 V system on my kart I would have to put 8 of these 12 V beasts on the kart and they would amount to a total of approximately 120 kg* (~265 lbs)!!! Ouch! that is not acceptable for me. So what option do I then have?