I’ve ridden in one of the three wheeled electric trikes used as a taxi in the lowland cities in Nepal. They used 4 batteries each 12 volts to give 48 VDC at 175 ampHr, if my memory and notes are right. The drivers I talked with said the run pretty well all day and recharge at night, cost was reported as about $4000 U.S. This was a near perfect solution for this area heavily beset with air pollution from heavy diesel road traffic on the East-West Highway and multiple local coal burning brick factories.
Over the past decade, a growing segment of social entrepreneurs and small and growing businesses(SGBs) has emerged that seeks to utilize the power of invention to create products...
I’ve ridden in one of the three wheeled electric trikes used as a taxi in the lowland cities in Nepal. They used 4 batteries each 12 volts to give 48 VDC at 175 ampHr, if my memory and notes are right. The drivers I talked with said the run pretty well all day and recharge at night, cost was reported as about $4000 U.S. This was a near perfect solution for this area heavily beset with air pollution from heavy diesel road traffic on the East-West Highway and multiple local coal burning brick factories.