> >NZ alternative energy site.
> >Includes ideas on using a NZ made "smart drive"
> >brushless DC washing machine motor as an alternator
> >in a microhydro system (typically about 500 watts
> >but varies with model) .
> >
> >
> >        http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/ecoinn/index.htm
> >
>
> Hmm interesting. Wonder how those motors would go driving an electric car,
> with suitable drive electronics. One motor per wheel.....

        Not very well I would think, at most these motors are 1 or 2hp, with four
of them you are looking at under 10hp in total. You're car has to be built
pretty light for this to move you up a hill. TTYL

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