The price dropped from $800 http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=276188035 Electric vehicle, 3 wheeled, built by Robert Lange, who is in Pop Mech (lake county) $800
With all due respect for Bob's EV work, IMO the item forsale was not his best work. Bob had created several EVs. See the links on http://www.evalbum.com/148 That Amp-Hog e-motorcycle-chopper didn't have a great range, just enough to hot-dog downtown and back in style. One the first times I met Bob and one of his EVs was at the Silicon Valley EAA Chapter Rally eaasv.org which at the time was being held at Stanford University http://brucedp97.150m.com/sveaar97/ http://brucedp97.150m.com/sveaar97/sveaar97-46.jpg (also see on the above site: Otmar's former e-couch/love-seat, now defunct http://brucedp97.150m.com/sveaar97/sveaar97-45.jpg ) StanfordU was a great prestigious location, however later due to no fault of their own, eaasv was not allowed to return, after a sales wannabe showed up parked at the curb with the back of his truck opened, trying to sell unrelated junk. Currently eaasv.org 's next EVent is being held at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA Sept. 20 10a-4p http://eaasv.org/rally/ Bob had brought his leaner EV to that 1997 EVent http://www.evalbum.com/419 ... http://jalopnik.com/tag/robert-lange Robert Lange Homemade Tilting Electric Car Built For $500 by Wes Siler 8/24/09 [image http://jalopnik.com/5344177/homemade-tilting-electric-car-built-for-500 ] The homemade Balanced-Over-Batteries car works like a skateboard tilting its chassis when it steers. The electric car's batteries are slung underneath the cockpit as counterweights and the whole thing leans 45 degrees. Oh, and it was built for only $500. ... http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/gonzo/4272846 Hyper-Agile Car /// Robert Lange /// Kelseyville, Cali. BEST BALANCING ACT What It Is: A 72-volt electric vehicle that can glide through one-handed U-turns without power steering Time: Three years Cost: $500 [image http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/diy_rally_08_electric_car2_470-35358750.jpg ] With its bouncing, pivoting carriage and gleaming aluminum body, Robert Lange's electric car made him a shoo-in for his second DIY Rally. The concept is all about balance: Lange positioned the batteries below the chassis's center of gravity so, like a sailboat skeg, they prevent the car from tipping over. Just like his electric dragster, a 2007 winner, the car is assembled from recycled parts: The front and rear differentials came from 1975-76 Pintos, the brakes are from a Yamaha motorcycle, and the steering gear is a helicopter-tail-rotor gearbox. The steering wheel controls how much the car leans, and that determines the turning radius. In a fast turn, the body leans in at about a 45-degree angle. "I can go down the road at 25 mph and do a quick U-y without losing speed," says Lange, 59, a retired auto mechanic from Kelseyville, Calif. "It's like flying a plane on the street." Download Robert's preliminary sketches for this DIY project (PDF, 4MB).[ http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/pdf/hyper-agile-electric-car.pdf ] The above pdf shows less about how to build the EV, and more about Bob's creative mind (Hearsay - from what I was told, Bob like many of his N. CA neighbors, were not ignorant of recreational deleterious substances). Here a couple other EVs of Bob's to gander at: http://www.evalbum.com/2586 Bob's EVs were featured in Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/gonzo/4219198 The Electric-Powered Dragster: DIY Rally, Part 5 Our readers can—and do—build it all, and Robert Lange's battery-powered, emissions-free cruiser is just the start of it. We've been saluting one of the top reader projects of the year each week at PopularMechanics.com ... By Melissa Wagenberg Lasher July 11, 2007 The Solar Driver Reader: Robert Lange Materials: $1500 Time: One year Result: Emissions-free speed ... Here's proof that green design can be kick-butt cool. Retired mechanic Robert Lange of Kelseyville, Calif., transformed the fuel tank from an F-4 jet into this three-wheeled dragster. Four motorcycle batteries power the 225-pound vehicle that, says Lange, "handles like a go-kart and moves like a rocket ship." Lange started building electric vehicles in the late 1960s -- a racing bar stool was an early effort -- and began powering them using solar panels in 1983. Now, his entire shop runs on solar power. "I don't like to pollute the atmosphere with my hobby," he says. Creative EV builders like Bob are a joy when they bring their EVs out to EVents. Bob will be missed and remembered. {brucedp.150m.com} [ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Last-EV-Robert-Lange-built-tp4670915.html ] On Sun, Aug 10, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/4563597134.html Found this on > Craigslist. - -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EV4Sale-575-e-Trike-needs-tlc-Last-EV-Robert-Lange-built-tp4670916.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
