Electric trike - also has solar

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Tired of driving the car, put 4000 miles/year on my HPVelotechnik Scorpion recumbent trike every year, but it just isn't practical to ride it with a trailer and heavy loads. Sold my Tour Easy and bought a Sun EZ3 AX delta trike, which sits higher and is easier to modify. Started off with a WE BL36 at 400w, added solar panels which, at best, offer 45w at 36v, or about 12% of what the WE hub uses. Went to 26" rears and then, a C'lyte X5 on a 26" front, but this beast goes through the watts per mile so fast, the solar wasn't worth the added weight penalty, so they became a ground station to recharge the batts. for the lights and air horn. Waiting for the Cycle Analyst and Ping pack for greater range. Also, working on a coroplast body so I can stay warm in the Chicago winters.

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Re: Electric trike - also has solar

I've been thinking along similar lines .. a three wheel recumbent with cargo capacity and a motor.

I've got some links here generally about 'cargo bicycles': http://www.7gen.com/website-categories/cargo-bicycles

http://worksmancycles.com/ -- they make industrial style trikes with various size of cargo bays.

http://www.lightfootcycles.com/ -- They also have a range of trikes with cargo capacity and IIRC at least one of them already has a worked out fairing design.

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