Solar Scooters introduced its Hyperion electric scooter that can top out at 65 mph and has a maximum range of 70 miles.

Solar Scooters introduced its Hyperion electric scooter that can top out at 65 mph and has a maximum range of 70 miles.

  • MentalEdgeEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    I’m not aware of any BLDC ESCs that implement boost conversion.

    Looking it up it seems such a circuit would be beefy indeed when built to handle the amperages of propulsion.

    Controlling the voltage coming out of the battery is already done using pulse width modulation, but this can only reduce the voltage, not increase it.

    There’s little point in boosting the voltage to achieve higher top speed, as configuring a battery pack for voltage is very easy.

    To the point that I’m here lamenting that PEV designs are upping the top speed even when utterly unnecessary.

    • sploosh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I was joking, yout silly potato. The forklift battery thing was supposed to be a tipoff.

      • MentalEdgeEnglish
        21·
        6 months ago

        Why would there be anything wrong with a forklift battery?

        A battery pack is a battery pack.

        Drop an /s next time.

        • sploosh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          6 months ago

          Forklift batteries are also ballast. They’re lead-acid and weight 600lbs at the minimum. It’s a comically bad idea to use one for a personal vehicle.

          • MentalEdgeEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            Thanks. I’ll go ahead and file that under “obvious common knowledge” going forward. /S

            I know how lithium packs work and how to program a VESC. That’s all.