GREENCAR III (FOR ADULTS)

At last, my adult sized electric car is running. Its far from complete, but at least its main mechanisms are working satisfactorily.

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Electric Car III (for adults)

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ELECTRIC CAR (GREENCAR - II)

Remember my first electric baby car last year? Well, I admit that my progress is very slow. But nevertheless, I am going somewhere. In my last post about electric vehicle, I expressed my wish to work on a new project of electric bike.
Well, I tested my first prototype on 22nd June 2006. It was fitted with a motor used for running a windshield wiper for a bus or truck. I tested it with a very small motorcycle battery and it carried me fairly well. The speed is still painfully slow, but I am confident to evolve it into an electric vehicle for everyday use. I mounted the 12 V DC motor over the rear wheel but I think that using a hub mounted motor will improve its performance. Then I realized that the power of my wiper motor is not quite sufficient to carry an adult person. So I kept the electric bike at bay for the time being and concentrated to improve the baby car.

This is the next version of my baby electric car. It is a part of my ongoing projects of electric vehicles. I put the same wiper motor on this baby car. The motor comes with a worm gear pre-fitted with it. Now the motor is sufficient to pull the small car. I used a bicycle chain sprocket assembly for transmission and reduction. It was intended for my friend Samir Baraik's son. But before Samir took it home, my daughter took advantage of the situation. Here is she having a trial joyride on our rooftop.



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Greencar (Electric Car)

Most weekends I return to my original home at Siliguri, in the foothills, about 80 kms from Darjeeling. Here I carry on my other hobby (other one is travelling) of tinkering with technology. My love of hobby engineering goes back to my school days, when I used to participate in different science fairs.
20th May 2006 was a memorable day in this regard. On this day I completed the first prototype of my Green Car (Electric Car). It runs on a 12 Volt DC motor and power is supplied by a 12 volt lead acid motorcycle battery. This is my first success after many days of trial and error. Although it is only kid size(designed for my two year old neice), I plan to make a bigger version in the near future. I will carry on with its development in the coming days.

Thats my cute little niece Rimjhim driving the Green Car on our roof.

Along with this, I am starting work on my next project which will be an electric bike.