Convert a gas go-kart to electric of course ... also decided he wasn’t going to use an off-the-shelf motor for this project. He converted a car alternator to operate as a brushless motor.

It also makes it complicated like one. Electric go-karts are awesome self-contained projects, customizable to your liking. I’ve built a few in the past; simple reverse trikes powered by scooter ...

So many of the fun electric go-karts I’ve found while window-shopping on Alibaba have been of the child-sized variety.

Enter [HowToLou], who has given his go-kart a reversing option by the addition of an electric motor. It’s an extremely simple arrangement, the motor is a geared 12 V item which drives a V-belt ...