Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Battery location

This car will become a 2 seater. This is because of the GVM limit. In Australia design rules specify that you need to allow 81.6kg per passenger. This is made up of 68kg for the passenger and 13.6kg for their luggage. With the added weight of batteries I can only accommodate 2 passengers.

This means that I can utilise the rear seat space for batteries.
I've removed the spare wheel, jack, hatch cover, carpet and rear seats. As you can see the place where the rear seats were is in front of the rear axle. This is a great spot to place extra load.

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