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Old 10-06-2020, 11:40 AM   #1
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Default Open sourced/IKEA/kit-cart electric golf cart?

Over the past few months, I've been drinking from a firehose learning about EV golf carts. Fixing old ones, enhancing new ones, breaking other ones, etc and it made me think, why can't I build one of these from scratch?

The effort to build 1 from scratch is definitely not worth it, but has anyone ever considered a community project where members from BGW and other golf cart enthusiasts essentially design and source plans/parts for a few styles of kit-carts?

The idea would essentially be:
  • Detailed shopping list of quality off-the-shelf parts
  • Assembly plans
  • Possibly designing a few unavailable, proprietary components (frame/suspension brackets/etc)

We could eliminate the things we hate (proprietary programming cables/software), improve on the little things that manufacturers skimp on to save a buck (multiple temperature sensors, higher quality materials, etc), and potentially save a decent amount of money.

The goal would be super customizable so you can just bolt on whatever features you want.

The frame and a few custom components we could work with a reputable fabricator and order 10 at a time or something.

A family member of mine is an electrical engineer with an expertise in EV BMS systems (helped design for Tesla) and runs a huge college EV go-kart racing program who I'd get involved for the battery/bms stuff to make sure it's done right.

Thoughts?
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