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Is there a way to link multiple car batteries together, to make an electric car?
If I were to link 10 car batteries together (each 12 volts), would I be able to daisy chain them into a 120V battery pack, that could be recharged with a wall socket plug (running at 120V)? This is assuming I would have to remove the gas engine, to make room for the batteries.
car batteries are not suited for traction because of their basic design - car batteries are only used in short busts for the starter motor, then they are recharged.
Traction batteries need to give sustained power for long periods until almost flat then recharged.
lead-acid are relativly available and cheap, but have low power density to weight (ie they are heavy, the car probably weighed nearly a ton all up, but could still carry 4 adults happily).
in my old 205 conversion I had 10 marine batteries giving a range of 30 miles & top speed of 60mph (5 in the boot & 5 under bonnet giving a good weight distribution). recharge from any standard 250v socket (a lower voltage US 110v system would just take longer to charge) through an on-board charger.
Electric motors are much smaller, lower maintenance and more efficient than infernal combustion and have much better torque characteristics meaning simpler transmission (the tesla http://www.teslamotors.com, only has 7 moving parts in the motor/drive chain); but the simplest conversion is to connect onto the old gearbox.
Moder Li-ion batteries, similar to a laptop, will give a range >200miles at highway speeds, and recharge in 10 minutes
but the are expensive & hard to get hold of. http://www.altairnano.com/markets.html
The battery vehicle Society members sometimes join together to make a bulk purchase. http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/wordpress/
you might also want to check the yahoo group for diy evs
But for the chance of driving an ev it is well worth persivering with your project; it is just simply a much more pleasent experience than infernal combustion.
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