electric ranger conversion

what do you think?

http://hackaday.io/project/21-Electric-Car-Conversion

I think that is a neat idea, for a Civic. For a Ranger, I doubt that will be anything less than disappointing, if it's even that good.

Pete Seeger drove an electric Ranger in upstate New York...always wondered about that.

Yeah, they had factory fully electric Rangers, which weren't wonderful, about 80 mile a day range, and they were ok in the city.

I meant more the forklift motor conversion.

Seeger had a 92 longbed reg cab and a neighbor did the conversion.

They are out there. I still think the forklift motor is not a great candidate.

could make a hybrid ranger

civic just happens to be what they used. i just thought it was kind of a cool idea. i do agree that an electric forklift would not be a good donor just because i don't think you would get a good amount of miles..

Yeah, if you could find a good strong electric motor to use that would be cool.

Personally I like the concept of the powertrain from the Warthog in Halo. 4 wheel steer, fully independent suspension, with independent electric drive to all 4 wheels.

using forklift parts so that you dont have to invent controls. . All the stuff is there. except the custom gas pedal/ potentiometer. I wonder how long the trans axle will last coupled to a fork lift motor..

The rest area on the north side of the Canal has a lot with about 10 charging stations for Teslas

The problem with full electric is still the batteries, there needs to be an "innovation", a "quantum-leap", in the battery area for full electric to be "real life" practical.

The first hybrid car had electric motors at all 4 wheels, in fact the 4 wheels WERE the electric motors.
Google: Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid

Yes, that Porsche, but at his first job, this hybrid was build from 1900-1905

The Audi E-tron concept car had an electric motor at each wheel, and boosted 3,300 ft/lb of torque, yes, that is THREE THOUSAND, lol, 0-60 in the 4 second range.

Lunar Rover had 4 electric motors, one for each wheel, 4 wheeling on the Moon, gotta like it.

Michelin has been working on the "Active Wheel" since 2004, it has the motor, brakes and suspension on each wheel, so you just bolt it to any platform, and add power of course, lol.

Protean’s In-Wheel Electric Motors are here, they can be used with any existing 18"-24" wheels, you would need that body lift


Gasoline engines run at about 25% efficiency, that means when you pay $4 a gallon for gas, $3 is used to heat up the coolant or air around the vehicle, $1 goes to getting you down the road.
Diesel engine is a little better at 35%, so only $2.60 is going to heat things up, $1.40 gets you down the road.

Electric motors 80% efficient and in-wheel motors 90%+

Electric motors also typically have 2 or 3 moving parts, internal combustion engine 200+ moving parts, not counting transmission

And no contest in the numbers, internal combustion engines can't beat electric motors in an category, in power or efficiency.
The draw back is fuel, always has been.
Million years to make a gallon of gas
12 hour recharge
Which can store more power.............yup, the million years do help, lol.

Now we can make alcohol reasonably fast, but we still have that low power, compared to electric, and that miserable 25% efficiency