Patent ID: 8356686

Claim:
A drifting kart, comprising: a chassis to which a steering column is mounted, where the steering column includes at least one front steerable wheel configured to be driven by an electric motor; a battery housing mounted to the chassis, where the battery housing contains a controller and at least one battery; wiring configured to provide power from the at least one battery to the electric motor; and two caster wheels mounted to the chassis, where each caster wheel is configured to rotate around a rotational axis and swivel around a swivel axis; wherein the caster wheels are mounted to the chassis such that they can be dynamically engaged to induce and control drift during a turn; the two caster wheels are mounted to the chassis via a rotatable member that is connected to the hand lever; and rotation of the hand lever rotates the caster wheels from a first position where the caster wheels are aligned so that the weight on the caster wheels limits the ability of the caster wheels to swivel about their swivel axes, to a second position where the caster wheels are aligned so that they are free to swivel about their swivel axes.