{"id":270106,"date":"2010-02-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=35966"},"modified":"2010-02-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T14:00:00","slug":"trexa-open-source-electric-car-chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/270106","title":{"rendered":"Trexa Open-source Electric Car Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-35967\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/trexa-open-source-electric-car-chassis\/trexa-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35967\" title=\"trexa-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trexa-2-500x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have dreams of launching a boutique auto firm? Startup <a title=\"Trexa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trexa.com\/\" >Trexa<\/a> may have a way for you to get into the biz. The company has created an open-source electric car platform that can be used to develop unique rides. Before you scoff, check out the specs:<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-35966\"><\/span> The 1,250-pound chassis is made from welded and bonded aluminum, carbon steel tubing, and fiber-reinforced thermoplastics. It&#8217;s all-wheel-drive, has regenerative braking, and is good for a top speed of 100mph without modifications. It&#8217;s packed with lithium iron phosphate batteries and should get 105 miles on a shingle charge. Recharge time is four hours.<\/p>\n<p>Trexa crams everything into a skateboard-like chassis that has an extremely low center of gravity. Driver controls are all electronic and can be placed anywhere you like, giving you a wide range of design choices. The developer kit comes with CAD drawings so you can model a body for the chassis and open-source software for the electronics. With a few tweaks of the code you could adjust steering and braking sensitivity, acceleration, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The chassis will be available in three wheel bases (64, 80, and 96 inches) with a variety of battery options to shorten or extend range. There&#8217;s also the option of dual-motor drive and variable torque between front and rear axles. With the right combo of options, an ingenious designer could create a wicked little electric roadster.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/trexa-vehicle-development-platform\/14023\/\" >Gizmag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/r8br95amoPBo4pJacYm_iCaatLo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/r8br95amoPBo4pJacYm_iCaatLo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/r8br95amoPBo4pJacYm_iCaatLo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/r8br95amoPBo4pJacYm_iCaatLo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have dreams of launching a boutique auto firm? Startup Trexa may have a way for you to get into the biz. The company has created an open-source electric car platform that can be used to develop unique rides. Before you scoff, check out the specs: The 1,250-pound chassis is made from welded and bonded aluminum, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}