Right, my "office" is three miles from home, mostly uphill there, downhill back (really!!!).

I can't be bothered to cycle (and I drop wife at station and take employee to work) but want a really cheap way of getting there.

So I'm thinking of something like this:



From here, half way down:

http://www.motorculture.co.uk/clubcar.html

but think the £4g +vat very very very steep.

I reckon I can build something for a lot less, so here's my thoughts:

1" sq chassis, f/glass bodywork, fold down screen or half screen (for obvious reasons).

Need suggestions for very light front hubs - Mini perhaps (need 4 wheel brakes and h/brake). Drive will be electric - 48v.

Cover the roof in solar panels.

Daft or not

ATB

Simon

nuttier than squirrel turd, but why not i guess

nah, I would buy something with license.

such like this

three wheeled moped

or something with four wheels:
four wheels

3 miles!!?!?!?! you lazy get. 10 minutes walk that is!

Won't it need road tax, insurance etc...
Get a fold up bike, taxi there, roll back down the hill - it'll be cheaper!
If you build an electric vehicle, dont forget the dynamo so you can recharge the battery as you roll back home.

Regards
Hugh

I heard you can build a nice car for £250... Try that

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Electric bike - slap a roof on covered with solar panels, can't understand why no ones done it - when you do a royalty of £1 a bike would be satisfactory to me!

I think your golf buggy, if under the Kw limit which I can't remember would be a quadricycle - much less legisltion, but still has to be SVA'd insured etc IIRC

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How about one of these?


Linky

Apart from the obvious negatives of not being able to carry passengers, is it not possible to get an electric module that will attach to a (eg) mountain bike?

Jet powered roller skates - compact but effective

Failing that how about one of these?

Three measly miles? Just fit a large trebuchet in your back garden...

tandem bike with electric engine

Any body know the law on these ?



There are loads on ebay

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I'd have to say I like that bike, isn't there a maximum power output before a machine needs a licence? I think it's what limits the electric bikes. I have always fancied something like this (below) but powered so I could use it down the beach (I can go all the way from my house to work that way)

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