| Owner | Andy Wade | ||||||
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| Owner's Other EV | 2004 Sakura S200 | ||||||
| Location | Bristol, England United Kingdom map | ||||||
| Web | WebPage | ||||||
| Vehicle | 2008 SWEI 0003 Imported Chinese electric moped. | ||||||
| Motor | 800w hub motor Brushless DC Stock 800w hub | ||||||
| Drivetrain | 800w Hub motor | ||||||
| Controller | SW0003 Stock controller | ||||||
| Batteries | 48.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM 28ah SLAs from ukecoscooters.co.uk , plus the original 20ah batts in the (former) luggage compartment, making a grand total 48 amp-hours. Roll on the next lot! | ||||||
| System Voltage | 48 Volts | ||||||
| Charger | Stock | ||||||
| Heater | Leather trousers! | ||||||
| DC/DC Converter | Stock | ||||||
| Instrumentation | Speedo in miles and km, odo in km. Battery gauge, on / off LED. | ||||||
| Top Speed | 28 MPH (45 KPH) Speed limited to 28 mph, goes a bit faster down hills and that | ||||||
| Acceleration | not great, but feels amazing after an electric bicycle! | ||||||
| Range | 31 Miles (49 Kilometers) Was about 16 miles with original batts, did 20 with the 28ah ones, I've just came back from a 28 mile jaunt, and it definitely had a few more miles in it! | ||||||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 73 Wh/Mile Very roughly 73 Whr/mile. | ||||||
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| Seating Capacity | 2 very underweight adults. Really it's just a solo bike. | ||||||
| Curb Weight | 298 Pounds (135 Kilograms) 135 kilos, I think. Well it was before I started on it! | ||||||
| Additional Features | Sadly it is off the road at the moment due to a blown controller, which I am having trouble replacing. If anyone has one, please get in touch via the Battery Vehicle Society - my username is "badnewswade". WebPage /> | ||||||
| Named the bike after the Duran Duran song "Electric Barbarella", which as far as I can tell is about a man who sees his dream product in a showroom and has to have it there and then. Since I got it I have painted it and added a sci-fi motif, making it into a survival scooter. The radiation symbol is because (a) I'm a mutant cyberpunk and (b) 64.5% of the 'leccy which powers it comes from nuclear power - EDF Energy themselves admit it in their own literature! Bought the bike second hand from a bloke on Ebay for £550 (about $780). Very similar to an Ego Electric scooter, but half the price (and less powerful). It's a 2008 model year. No road tax, cheap insurance, no MOT needed until around 2011. Oh no, that's this year! =:-O I was a bit disappointed with the range, so I have set out to prove that manufacturers of electric mopeds do not have to lie, and one can have a moped with good mileage for an affordable price. First I built a rubbishy range extender out of some NiMH batteries I'd had lying around for another project, but only got about an couple of miles out of it. So I bought new, more powerful batteries from UK Eco Scooters, and replaced the originals with them, then after breaking them in got around to putting the old ones in the luggage compartment. Et Walla - 28.5 miles on the first trip, and should easily do 31 or 32 miles. (I got tired and thought I was aiming for 45km not 48) | |||||||
2008 Jinhua Shiwei / SWEI 0003
“Electric Barbarella”
Last Updated 05-15-2011
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