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Electric Go-Karts
Last updated 2009.11.23
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We do not sell electric go-karts. We think zero-emissions low-noise electric karts are a great means of recreation, and in particular suitable to indoor operation. We think they are poised to explode in popularity. We do sell Soneil battery chargers, both high and low current models, which would be ideal for kart charging.
Electric Go-Karts are just beginning to come into their own. They have a number of advantages over the gasoline variety: lower maintenance; no emissions; no gasoline handling; reduced burn hazard; less noise; lots of low-end torque; and they can be run indoors as well as out.There are at least two battery-electric kart facilities in the U.S. ( Arnold's in Pennsylvania, K1 Speed in California). London (England) boasts an electric cart track as well, Revolution Karting. There was a floor-rail electric kart facility in the Skylon tower in Niagara Falls, Ontario (I can't find a reference for it anymore at the Skylon Web site). Europe now has a battery-electric go-kart Grand Prix circuit with at least five events per year at different tracks. The Genesee Area Skills Center Technology Center of Flint MI has organized an electric go-kart event in the past encouraging students to build and run their own vehicles based on 12-volt systems. "Strippers" are another variant that do not use batteries, but pick up power from "rails".
There is a wide range of size and performance options in the electric go-kart arena, as with the gasoline side, including "fun karts" and "yard karts" and serious competition machines.
2010.04.22 Target Drops Price on Serengeti Solar Wing 350 e-kart
[dead link: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/190-5564426-3068158?asin=B002NUFU0A&AFID=become_df&LNM=|B002NUFU0A&CPNG=&ref=tgt_adv_XSE10001] Check out the new price: $395.59. Happy Earth Day!
2009.11.13 Northern Tool offers an electric go-kart
[dead link: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200394263_200394263] This solar electric go-kart comes with a pair of 5-watt photovoltaic panels that claim they can recharge the 24-volt, 16 Ah batteries in 24 hours (presumably of full sun, so it may be more than just one day). Plug-in power will also work to recharge in 6 hours. For ages 12 and up, no maximum rider weight provided.2009.09.30 The Shopping Go-Kart
I hesitated about posting this one, as it may encourage the mysterious disappearance of shopping carts from malls. However, I do know that these carts are occasionally scrapped, so I encourage readers to talk to store owners about picking up a wreck for their project. With that out of the way, here's the PopSci article.
Glenn Houston and Axel Gringmuth of British Columbia co-own a battery-electric go-kart powered by a special Advanced DC Motor, regulated by 350A Curtis controller, carrying 48 volts worth of Optima red tops that travels at speeds up to 100 mph.
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