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50% range increase would be a huge boon to a vehicle like a Boosted Board. My V2 throws off a lot of heat and gets nowhere near the advertised 11km range.
by mikepurvis 7y ago
50% range increase would be a huge boon to a vehicle like a Boosted Board. My V2 throws off a lot of heat and gets nowhere near the advertised 11km range.
- jacquesm 7y ago> My V2 throws off a lot of heat and gets nowhere near the advertised 11km range. Heat losses come in many forms: - resistive losses in wiring - resistive losses in the batteries themselves (their Ri is nowhere near zero) - switching losses in the powertrain - slip losses between the field and the rotor If a piece of gear does not get its 'advertised performance' that can mean a defective product, deceptive advertising or plainly bad design, or a combination of all of these. Having a very expensive motor isn't suddenly going to solve any of that, you'll get an advertised range of 15 km while being able to do only 10 and you'll still feel cheated.
- mikepurvis 7y agoIt probably would go 11km on a straight and level run with no stopping for traffic lights or anything else. It's just that that's not realistic in an urban commute setting. I don't feel cheated, I'm just saying that even a modest bump in efficiency could make a big difference to this kind of vehicle, especially if affected both the propulsion and regen side of things.