Chevy S10 Electric motor running on 12V

Advanced DC 9" motor in Chevy S10, running test on one 12V battery.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• electric
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• DC
• Chevy
• S10
• car
• engine
• cars

[sleadhead1g]

TREE HUGGER >.<

[f16bmathis]

@sleadhead1g Not really. I loved doing burnouts in my 68 Firebird with the 400 4 speedand if thenew Camaro's didn't cost so much, I'd have one of those. I built the S10 to see if I could. It was fun!

[smithy11742]

This whole electric car thing going on at the moment is beginning to annoy me. All this rubbish about electric cars being environmentally friendly is total bull. Electric motors consume the same amount of fossil fuel as internal combustion engines (coal instead of oil), they are less powerful than petrol engine and are completely impracticable. There's a reason electric cars were phased out after the 1920s, they can't compete with gasoline and even with the new technology they still can't

[f16bmathis]

@smithy11742 Wow your so wrong. Electric cars consume about 1/3 the fossil fuels. They are more powerfulthan gasolinevehicles. My S10 can beat almost anyone. Batteries are the weak spot, and they are getting better every day. My Electric vehicle is all I need to get the 30-40 miles I drive every day. If that isn't enough, I'll drive the gas guzzling Prius!

[luc59457]

If the cars gearing was right, you could get away with lower voltage for a car, but I doubt any of the standard gearing would allow it

[f16bmathis]

@luc59457 Voltage is speed. I love going 75-80 down the highway. Amps is acceleration.

[f16bmathis]

Electric cars work! I've got nearly 10,000 on mine allready, and thats just from driving to work the last year. I haven't bought gas since mid December 2010!

Sarcasm is hard to read sometimes. I think most people know where timrocket was headed.

[TheGovinda777]

Ever driven a gasoline go-cart, and then compared it to an electric go kart? The electric ones are fucking insane.

[TheGovinda777]

I think the main point of electric motor assist is electric motors have instant on acceleration. So you can drastically improve your acceleration when paired with a larger petrol engine.

[alexcandy1411]

@smithy11742 IC engines are about 20 to 30% efficient (my guess), electric motors can be three times more efficient.

[xlrationmarine]

That thing looks framiliar. Looks like one at 35th ave ish and Buckeye.

[Beskidekk]

@smithy11742 thats oil companies, gas car manufacturers and the whole industry (clique) explanation! and fuzy math! Remember first steam Oldsmobile? Now the big heavy trains run an electric. See the German subs of the 2ww as well. Sun, wind and water will produce eletricity! For heaven sake!

[luc59457]

@CajunJoe504 Batteries are rated in amp hours so in theory a 1200 amp hour battery could supply 12 amps for 100 hours or 6 amps for 200 hours. The real kicker is that these figures are way too low for real world transportation.. The low end batteries, SLA are worthy for local transportation which is all most people need to get to work and do groceries, etc. Batteries are improving, The Subaru g4e does 200kms and 80% quick charge in 15 minutes

[luc59457]

@CajunJoe504 Voltage depicts the Rpm of the motor, amperage depicts the strength, I don't know why you are trying to complicate things: The motor's internal resistance will determine the amount of current required. Answer: NO.. the Controller will determine the amount of current provided to the motor, same with the voltage applied to the motor. If you put a 200amp controller on a 20amp rated motor, you will fry the motor. The motor does not determine lol, unless direct battery.

[CajunJoe504]

@CajunJoe504 Batteries are rated in amp hours so in theory a 1200 amp hour battery could supply 12 amps for 100 hours or 6 amps for 200 hours. The real kicker is that these figures are way too low for real world transportation application. Motor resistances are more likely to be in the tenth and hundredth ohm range which increases the amount of amps by a factor of 10 or 100. Instead of 12 amps, we have 120 amps or 1200 amps. Now my battery lasts on 1 to 10 hours at 12v.

[CajunJoe504]

@luc59457 If you want to think of it like that then voltage is electromotive force. The higher the volts, the higher the force. Amperage is a measurement of current. If you want to accelerate quickly you would apply more voltage to the motor. The motor's internal resistance will determine the amount of current required. If I apply 12 volts to a 1 ohm motor then I will need 12 amps. 6 volts would be 6 amps.

[Bongwater123]

@smithy11742 youre wrong about electric motors being less powerful. you can get way more torque out of electric then anything fossil fuel. the only thing that holds back electric cars is battery capacity. if batteries could hold more power and keep the charge they would be more practical. there is so much money to be made off oil that its believed the oil companies caused the demise of the electric car and any further research.