£25 ($40) Electric go kart

A Go-Kart I made for my son from an old mobility scooter. Total cost was around £25 (around $40). The mobility scooter came from a lost and found at a police station, unclaimed so we got it for free. It was missing all bodywork, seat, batteries, controllers and wiring. It was just a motor and frame. I chopped off the seat bracketry, welded solid any folding components, made a box-section frame for the rear to hold two batteries, and mounted a racing Go-Kart seat directly to the base. The battery was donated by a friend. Originally the idea was to use 2 12v batteries in series to give 24v, but the cart goes at a manageble speed for a young child at 12v so we have stuck with that. Maybe in the future I'll go to two batteries, but it runs at a safe speed like this at the moment. I was going to use a speed controller but we found that it really wasn't needed at this speed; I will use it if we go 24v though. The power is controlled by applying the right foot to a push button mounted on the footstep. There is a solar panel now fitted on the back to allow it to charge itself when left in the sun, which it does brilliantly. It has worked for a week now being used a couple of hours a day with no charging.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Electric
• Go
• Kart
• Cart
• EV
• hybrid
• sustainable
• motoring

[MarcarDoesVidoes]

Re-post but speed the footage up at least X2 then add tyre squeal effects!