Electric scooters are a surprising source of recyclable parts that can be used to create something new. A good example is the project Garage Avengerwho, using an old electric scooter and a shopping cart, have created the craziest lattice vehicle you’ll see in a long time. Yes, an absolutely crazy cart.
Justinthe creator of the channel YouTube Garage Avengerthought the same thing that you and I have thought since we go to the shopping malls. Get inside one of them and let out all our craziest racing potential. And, our protagonist, the Mr. Justinused all his DIY skills to build this drift shopping cart in his garage.
When asked by our colleagues, could you tell us a little more about the engine you used for this creation and about the project in general? The answer was quick and concise.The motor used came from a 2,400 watt electric scooter. I took it apart and modified the electronics to remove the speed restriction. The reason for using an electric scooter was the limited space available. A conventional motor would not have fit into such a narrow shopping cart.”.
Justincontinues: “The design is loosely based on a go-kart, which is basically a three-wheeled vehicle with caster wheels at the back that spin when the handbrake is applied. This allows the wheels to turn in any direction, making it one of the more unusual vehicles I’ve built.”.
This is how the ultimate atomic shopping cart works
The drive wheel is a 2,400W electric motor that can also rotate 360 degrees. With the right combination, you can turn, pull the handbrake, and the caster wheels will spin with the inertia of the cart. Then you counter-steer, step on the accelerator, and slide sideways without squealing tires. It took its creator hours of training to get it right, and I actually experienced some serious, almost accidental mishaps when trying to take it to its maximum speed of 65 km/h. This former submarine mechanic, as we can see, is crazy. In a good way, of course.
However, working with submarines taught him skills in mechanical and electrical engineering, and when he left the Navy, he applied all of those skills to his own DIY garage projects.
The first thing he built after his military work was a 1920s-inspired race car for his daughter. Then a Batmobile for his son, a couch that cools your beer and delivers it to you with a voice command, a snowplow for his car made from an old hot water tank, a jet-powered snow sled… The list goes on…
Unfortunately, the future of this project is demolition. Its creator plans to use the pieces in another project. For him, the joy is in the construction process and not so much in the final result.After a few weeks, the project is forgotten and collects dust while you start developing a crazy new idea.«And we know for a fact that some of those ideas are running through his head.
