There are so many new electric bicycles coming out it's hard to keep up, but this one is different with the addition of twin front tires on a bike that is designed to lean in the turns, but I guess the Rungu guys didn't get the memo about leaning multi wheelers because the front wheels here don't lean independently. When you lean in the turns, you simply lift the outer … [Read more...]
Building Your Own Battery Packs for Your DIY Electric Vehicle Project
A couple of readers of our post about the home built electric trike commented about the batteries. As I noted in the post, that particular build was completed in 2013, so it's using battery technology available then, but the whole field is advancing pretty fast and you could design a better solution if you decided to build one now. In fact, I came across a pretty cool book, DIY … [Read more...]
Electric Reverse Trike Offers Custom Builders Another Option
This home built electric reverse trike (electrike?) showed up for sale and at first I passed it right by, but then I stopped, thought about it for a bit and took another look. As I kept going over the photos, I was more and more impressed by how well it was done while at the same time it isn't overly complex. Then the wheels started turning in my mind. Being a three wheeler, … [Read more...]