I Spent Weeks Converting This Go Kart to Electric [video]

This guy is genuinely entertaining but I don’t recall him actually finishing anything. I guess we are kindred souls in that regard. And chickens. He has chickens. But I don’t have chickens…

This is a followup to the first attempt:

Powering a Go Kart with a Used Car Alternator [video] — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27965995

Unfortunately, neither the first attempt nor this attempt worked, but IMO it's still a good watch.

Related video:

A Battery Spot Welder Made from an Old Microwave and Excessive Mahogany [video] — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28475902

Great content from this channel, look into the rebuilding a Trabant's engine and his turning of a bus into an RV videos - lots of fun.

Probably wouldn't make for a very interesting write-up, but if I were to undertake this project I think I'd start by just scavenging parts from a current gen electric lawn mower. Roughly equivalent power output (I'm assuming) and should fit quit well.