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Looks like the motor is a standard "500W" (of course it's not, it's being overdriven) brushed DC motor and this has a 288Wh Li-Ion battery. Given that this is
by liminalsunset 4y ago
Looks like the motor is a standard "500W" (of course it's not, it's being overdriven) brushed DC motor and this has a 288Wh Li-Ion battery.
Given that this is being recalled for documentation and regulation issues and not some inherent mechanical defect.....
They give you a 1900$ refund and 50$ to "dispose" of it and send back the old motor controller.
Spend $15 of that 50$ on a "brushed dc motor controller" on AliExpress. Well of course anyone doing it is going to actually spend $25 instead to upgrade it to 1kW riight??? Heh.
Sounds like a good... nope I mean great deal to me. Anyone who goes to the lengths to obtain a replacement motor controller (likely of higher wattage) probably has a clue and will have good fun doing it. Too bad there's no field weakening on a brushed DC motor, but you can also get a 1.8kW dc-dc converter for 20 bucks....
- alden5 4y agoI can’t believe a $1,800 atv uses a dc motor, a replacement brushless motor and foc controller would make a great upgrade
- liminalsunset 4y agoTo be fair, this was built by a toy company, who also makes things to the likes of Power Wheels toys or whatnot. It was never intended to go particularly fast or be particularly powerful, and most of the cost was probably from the fact that Tesla had input on the design. I cannot be sure what kind of motor is actually used in it but the "crappy brushed escooter from 2000s with lead acid batteries" style of motor is far too obvious to ignore in the videos I've seen of this.