EV ‘Engine’ Made From 50 Cordless Drills Is Silly and Brilliant

From the individuals who introduced you the V-16 engine produced from chainsaws, now we have a brand new contraption that may inevitably discover its means right into a Lada. The Storage 54 crew is again simply in time for the vacations, and if Santa introduced you yet one more cordless drill, this is some inspiration for utilizing it. Get a couple of extra and make your personal electrical automobile.

That is the plan for this bonkers construct, which makes use of a minimum of 50 drills. We don’t know the output of every, however with all of them linked up through serpentine belts, a little bit of parasitic energy loss is probably going. They’re all mounted to a metallic cradle through hose clamps—sure, hose clamps—and if that cradle seems acquainted, it is the identical one Storage 54 used for the V-16 chainsaw engine. Apparently, they already tore it aside. Bummer.

Metallic posts are welded all around the cradle to carry the drills. A grand complete of fifty aluminum pulleys are fabricated for each. To get all of the drills working in sync, the crew makes an attempt to rewire them whereas retaining the electronics inside. In concept, with a couple of adjustments the drills ought to all activate from only one set off. Nevertheless, they run into issues so it is all scrapped for a extra direct route. Every battery is linked on to a motor, with all the pieces tied into a pair bundles of naked wires. Contact them, and all the pieces whirs to life. Appears fully protected.

As with the V-16 chainsaw video, this one focuses solely on the construct. The bevy of belts flip a single shaft within the center, and the bench take a look at exhibits that sure, the shaft spins. Whether or not it has sufficient energy to really transfer a automotive is one other story. Offered they do not burn the store down attempting to get these motors conveniently synced up, search for Storage 54 to proceed the saga in a later video.