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EVette on the news; also shows off its maneuverability
We introduced you to the EVette last year. It's a homebuilt electric 2-seat, 3-wheeler. Builder Tom Sines over the weekend posted a couple of videos on YouTube. One demonstrates the vehicle's zero turn radius and the other is a report from a local TV station that includes an electric pickup doing a burnout. The car does not have a steering wheel; instead a joystick controls braking and steering via drive-by-wire to the rear wheels. The front wheel is not a load-bearing wheel, so Sines can back a lot of batteries under the Countach-style replica body. Sines is still looking for investors.
[Source: electricevette.com]
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markf 11:56AM (4/24/2007)
It's not ready for prime time.
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Phil L. 3:20PM (4/24/2007)
Note how much the front wheel bounces just after the U-turn (it appears that it may have left the ground!). Yup, "the front wheel is not a load-bearing wheel". So how does it handle when the front wheel is in the air? Looks like it'd be scary in the rain. Quick acceleration is probably enough to lift the front end. Dragster-style wheelie bars would help!
The two-brake-pedal system reminds me of farm tractors. But a safe panic stop depends on the driver pressing both pedals the same amount. Imagine one foot slipping off of a pedal...
Still, an interesting project. I wish the coverage would have included more info about the drivetrain.
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