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Ford’s 281-HP Electric Crate Motor Costs $3,900 and You Can Buy One Now
Or you can buy two and make a powerful AWD hotrod like Ford has.
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Mach-E motor available in a crate.
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This Tesla-Swap Electric Crate Motor Drops Right Into Your Classic Muscle Car
Batteries not included.
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This one too.
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- Stinkwater
I am not at all hung up on fossil fuels. In fact I'm ready to make the jump, I'm just waiting for the range to be there.
The batteries are concerning, from a green perspective, but that'll clean up as the tech matures.
Throwing out all of the many arguments about how green electric vehicles really are when considering the energy it takes to produce them, charge them, and disassemble or recycle or trash them…
going strictly off of their performance and ability…
An electric vehicle is just fine if you have a very set routine that you rarely stray from.
If the vehicle can get you to work and back on a charge and that’s what you do five days a week, and then stay home and mow your lawn on the weekends, I see no problem with them.
But if you have any kind of random scheduling, random trips to varying locations and distances, or need a vehicle that is capable of towing anything, then electric vehicles are far away from suitable.
Wasn’t it somebody on here that tried to tow a trailer to Moab with a Tesla that took like 18 hours to get there?
going strictly off of their performance and ability…
An electric vehicle is just fine if you have a very set routine that you rarely stray from.
If the vehicle can get you to work and back on a charge and that’s what you do five days a week, and then stay home and mow your lawn on the weekends, I see no problem with them.
But if you have any kind of random scheduling, random trips to varying locations and distances, or need a vehicle that is capable of towing anything, then electric vehicles are far away from suitable.
Wasn’t it somebody on here that tried to tow a trailer to Moab with a Tesla that took like 18 hours to get there?
ID Bronco
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My uncle is that guy.
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- West Bountiful, UT
On a recent outing I found the remains of a 100 year old electric vehicle. You'd think they'd have figured this shit out by now.
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This Tesla-Swap Electric Crate Motor Drops Right Into Your Classic Muscle Car
Batteries not included.
This one too.
I like that this one is 10x’s the cost of the Ford 🤦🏼♂️
The_Lobbster
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Interesting though is that it is designed specifically for transverse mount. Does make me wonder why they didn't make a longitudinal version that can accept a driveshaft so you could drop it into something older and just use the existing rear drivetrain and a modified driveshaft.
There's a couple electric samurai conversions floating around the web I've seen, I was tossing up the idea, but the weight of the batteries kinda killed it for me.
There's a couple electric samurai conversions floating around the web I've seen, I was tossing up the idea, but the weight of the batteries kinda killed it for me.
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- Sandy, Ut
There is an electric trophy truck planning to run the Baja 500 this next year. Planning on a single battery change so presumably a 250 mile range which in a trophy truck is a long ways.
www.hypercraftusa.com
Of course Lordstown tried this recently with the Baja 250 and decided after 40 miles that they were not going to have the needed range for the other 80% of the race
www.thedrive.com
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The dust. The heat. The terrain. They say we’re nuts for taking an EV racing truck into the unforgiving desert.
www.hypercraftusa.com
Of course Lordstown tried this recently with the Baja 250 and decided after 40 miles that they were not going to have the needed range for the other 80% of the race
Lordstown Motors Endurance Race Truck Called It Quits After 40 Miles of Baja’s San Felipe 250
Sandy terrain and bigger tires required more battery power than they expected.
www.thedrive.com
There is an electric trophy truck planning to run the Baja 500 this next year. Planning on a single battery change so presumably a 250 mile range which in a trophy truck is a long ways.
Racing
The dust. The heat. The terrain. They say we’re nuts for taking an EV racing truck into the unforgiving desert.
Of course Lordstown tried this recently with the Baja 250 and decided after 40 miles that they were not going to have the needed range for the other 80% of the race
Lordstown Motors Endurance Race Truck Called It Quits After 40 Miles of Baja’s San Felipe 250
Sandy terrain and bigger tires required more battery power than they expected.
You would think they would have done at least some testing before hand. The article makes it seem like they had no idea they would need more energy for bigger tires in the dirt
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- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
If I remember right, He had a spare battery at remote pits (gas stop) and didn't make it.
If I could get my hands on one, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I'd pay over book too. They're like hens teeth since Alta went belly up.
*does NOT includes batteries, motor controller, or anything you would need to actually do the swap*Ford’s 281-HP Electric Crate Motor Costs $3,900 and You Can Buy One Now
Or you can buy two and make a powerful AWD hotrod like Ford has.
Discuss.
