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Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:02:58 +0000

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By: Will

Will — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:02:55 +0000

Hi Darrel,

You’re right. I’m referring to a 1/2 ton pick up.

By: darrel

darrel — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:01:26 +0000

Will
Thanks for your advice. When you mentioned a pickup were you thinking of a small pickup or a 1/2 ton pickup ?

I ask because the only pickups I’ve seen converted to Electric were the smaller pickups. I like the idea of using a 1/2 ton pick up. If I use that size of pickup I imagine the mileage will go down.

Thanks Darrel

By: Will

Will — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:50:55 +0000

Hi Darrel,

Using a gas generator to charge the batteries would defeat the purpose of using an electric car in the first place…which is to save on gas cost.

I think the best approach for you is to get a pick up truck as your electric conversion project donor car. It will have lots of space for you and the batteries.

By: darrel

darrel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:46:48 +0000

Im trying to decide what to do. Putting me in a small vichile is like putting a square peg in a round hole. I know that I need a vihicle that hax manual transmition which limits me and uses up more electric energy. Is there such a thing as running a vihicle like a train a small gas motor running a generator to charge the batteries when needed. I know that would cost more than chargeing but havn’t seen anything on using bigger vihicles. Thanks for your time.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:15:18 +0000

Hi John,

A truck is a much better choice as a donor car for an electric car conversion project.

As you’ve mentioned, there are lots of space. Another reason is its weight carrying capacity.

Remember, the batteries on an EV can be quite heavy. A normal sedan car may not be able to handle the extra dead weight.

‘Will

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:09:37 +0000

The EV truck I saw had the batteries stored under the truck bed and up under the hood. He had cut access ports in the truck bed floor. There is lots of space for batteries between the frame with the gas tank and exhaust system gone.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:14:42 +0000

Hi Brian,

Check out the following link on electric motor for your truck.

http://www.go-ev.com/motors-warp.html

I’ve seen a lot of good reviews about the Warp 9 motor on the web. You should check it out.

‘Will

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:11:02 +0000

Hi Will,

I was hoping you could tell me which motor i would need for this truck so I can do a budget up.

I would like a ac motor and dc example as well so i can compare pros and cons of both before i decide on the system i would like to use.

Thank you for your time Brian N.

By: commenter person number three

commenter person number three — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:00:28 +0000

if people are buying like a cheap used car to do this on (you dont really wanna mess up your normal car untill you got this down right?) then you might get a pickup knowing it wont have any storage space. another option would be to get a 5/6 person cab, then you could just put groceries ect. back there. and also to me, looking at the picture of the pickup on the top of this page it seems that you could lay down like a board or something on top of the batteries and put your things on there right? and if you have one of those locking bed cover things, it would be just like a very long trunk. oh well i just looke at it again and it appears the battereies go all the way to the top, but there still apeears to be some space behind them