Crossing the Rubicon

There's no turning back now. The floorboards have been cut to receive the (yet to be built) battery boxes.

I used a metal cutting blade on the circular saw to cut most of the straight lines. It could not reach into some of the corners, nor did it cut deep enough to cut the reinforcements below the floor. For the final cuts I used a reciprocating saw.

A close-up of of the rear cut:

And one of the front cut:

EV Component Selection

I have been narrowing down the candidates for the major EV components. Nothing is set in stone yet - final selection could easily change.

I am still up in the air about batteries - more on those in another post.

Motor	NetGain WarP-9
Controller	NetGain WarP-Drive
Battery	AGM
Battery	Lithium