Electric Vehicle Race Xebra Versus Truck Conversion

Earth Day brought about a friendly compeition of EV racing with small EVs. One vehicle was a production ZAP Xebra. The other was a converted mini-truck.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• race
• earth
• day
• xebra
• ev
• car
• electric
• truck
• ZAP

[rockondon]

it would be cheaper to buy a crotch rocket batteries

are horrible for global warming and the environment

[kb9mwo]

You might want to re-take chemistry class. A lead acid battery consists of an electrolyte that isn't harmful to the environment and in the USA battery lead is recycled to make new batteries. So exactly how are they horrible for the environment?

Your probably thinking of alkaline disposable batteries...

[ccoasterdesigner]

96 or 72 volts is much lower than I will make my conversion I was thinking easily over 100 volts 175 maybe

[MarxNutz]

I'd love to see the system being used in that mini truck, I thought they'd make great conversions! Only thing I'd be unsure of is the adapting of the electric motor to the transmission of the mini truck.

[GANTZ100pts]

And the sweet thing about A lead acid battery is most car part shops will give you a rebate for old used A lead acid batters. and you can just get new ones for free if the warranty hasn't expired yet.

[CrunxsutawneyPhil]

mini-truck...you mean micro truck!! wow 96V