Design of Transmission system for an Electric Go Kart

Abstract: Traditional go kart has the same components as an electric go kart but the major change is the engine. As in the electric go kart we replace it by a battery and a motor, the main difference now is in the transmission system. This paper will take the practical approach about how to decide your chain, sprocket ratios and all the motor specifications required to maximise the output speed of an electric go kart. This paper will take both the approaches about how to determine your motor from top speed required to the tire size and also the approach where you already have a motor. Electric go karts are the future and this paper focuses on how to build a transmission system for future racing go karts and what parameters are to be considered.

Keywords: Go kart, transmission, gear ratio, sprocket, calculation, electric vehicles. .