Supposedly, this ad comes from a wife selling her husband’s electric vehicle dream. There is mention of possible production, but it seems the company never got off the ground. The relatively short ad manages to name drop the SEMA, NASCAR and DOT acronyms.
The worst thing about this sale is that at least some of the required batteries have been removed. That’s a bit like selling a car with no gas tank in order to prevent test drives! Given this is a one-off, it’s not like one can go find a magazine review to get a drive impression.
If it lives up to the ad, this provides about 75-mile range with a top speed of 50 MPH and a charge time of 8 hours on a 110-volt supply. It could very well be a cool little commuter, but we’d sure want a test drive before committing $500, not to mention $7,000.
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Portage, Michigan, USA
$7,000 Buy-It-Now with offers considered
Yep, it’s a trike!
With the central support in the cage, this is technically a t-top car!
The front is rumored to contain batteries.
Boat seats? At least they’d be weather resistant.
Interior is, well, spartan.
The seller mentioned that the rear batteries have been removed. It’s not clear where they were. We believe the motor is visible here.
Presumably, this is a control unit of some sort.
Here’s a view of the rear drive and brake assemblies.
Ad text:
This was built by my husband who was beginning a company to build these cars. This car was finished and he enjoyed driving the car. It was fun!
This is built totally electric, plug in, two seat vehicle for short range commuter operations, local driving, and shopping trips. This vehicle is not intended to replace your fossil fuel car but to be used when they are at the most inefficient and polluting times, city driving and short trips. Located in Kalamazoo, MI 49002.
He has another car that is similar but was not finished.
This is a two seat sport electric trike; it is licensed as a trike motorcycle.
The vehicle is 74 inches wide 160 inches long and 47 inches high.
The car has a safety plate windshield, convertible snap on top.
Halogen head lights and LED tail lights insure you will be seen. All of the DOT and Federally mandated lights are included.
The chassis is constructed of welded round tubing using the spec’s of SEMA chassis builders. It has a front and rear roll cage as found on a NASCAR type chassis including triple side bars. The body is made in six parts of heavy fiberglass construction and bolted together for easy replacement if damaged due to collision.
The brake system is three wheeled hydraulic brakes and a computer controlled electric regeneration brake system. This recovers energy used to get to speed instead of just burning off as heat on the disc brake rotors.
While this can achieve 60+ MPH, it is regulated to 50 MPH to be able to get the best range out of the battery pack. The range will vary with driver technique. Factory drivers have been able to easily get 75 miles out of a single charge, but using very energy conscious driving well over 100 miles have been stretched from a single charge. A fully depleted battery pack requires 8 hours to be fully charged. It is however recommended that is be charged at every opportunity. Its onboard chargers plug into any 110 volt outlets. A charge costs about 2 kilowatt hours. ( $0.25). The cost to operate averages 2 cents per mile.
The vehicle is not a freeway flier. It is meant to augment your travel.
Motor is made by Advance Motors Drives Part XP-2211 Volt D.C. 72, Rating AU2500, Part NO XP-2211 Serial NO Class H L004
Pictures note the volt meter, amp meter and Controller malfunction indicator.
The picture shows the dual coil over shock system and the motor location
The descriptive phrases required mileage but there is no odometer on this vehicle so I put 200.
Front battery pack (four of the six propulsion batteries) batteries are sold as is not sure of their condition.
Back batteries have been removed, so will need to be replaced.
I will do my best to answer any questions.
Pickup required from buyer.