Anyone know what the battery pack is in this Ford Ranger? Paul Ellcessor
On Jun 30, 2013, at 2:23 AM, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.winonadailynews.com/special-section/progress/article_ac92c976-ddaf-11e2-be64-001a4bcf887a.html > From electric cars to the weed eater, Alma man has turned inventing into a > lifelong career > By Mary Juhl [6/30/2013] > > [image / (Andrew Link/Winona Daily News) > http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/winonadailynews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/1e/b1e8a255-83f6-5fde-924b-d1714b559cd3/51b0a7d95a4f7.preview-620.jpg > Inventor Bob Albertson of Alma, Wis., has an all-electric Ford Ranger he's > been working on for car makers > ] > > ALMA, Wis. -- Whether he’s awake or asleep, Bob Albertson is always working. > > The 76-year-old inventor “programs” his thoughts each evening so that he’ll > continue to create new ideas in his dreams ... > > Albertson’s ... 50-plus year career, he’s created numerous prototypes and > secured more than 200 patents, 48 for products currently on the market. And > he has 12 products in the works waiting to be licensed. > > Albertson’s work includes patents on ... an ATV electric vehicle ... > > His philosophy is simple. > > “Find something that bugs you, and figure out how to make it better,” > Albertson said ... > > One invention he spends a considerable amount of time on these days has > been in the works for about 40 years: the electric car. > > Albertson’s electric version of a 2011 Ford Ranger eliminates 29 traditional > car parts--no need for sparkplugs or oil filters. It can travel up to 80 > miles per hour, and has a re-chargeable battery that lasts 100 miles and can > be purchased at one-tenth the cost of the lithium battery found in hybrid > cars. The vehicle is a money-saver all around: Albertson estimates the > retail value would be about $20,000. > > At one point he was working with the Ford Ranger plant in St. Paul, Minn., > on possible plans to make the truck, but they never came to fruition: Ford > closed the plant in 2011. While he’d like to see the vehicle hit the market > within the next three years or so and has several interested buyers, > Albertson continues to deal with roadblocks presented by politicians and > private industries, he said. > > “Electric is the future--don’t you want to get with the times?” Albertson > said. “The table is turning. They can’t fight it any longer--it’s here.” > > Albertson works and lives out of his shop near Alma, and he’s not the only > inventor on the premises. His wife of nearly 50 years, Patricia Albertson, > holds patents for a refrigerated cooler, gluestick dispenser, and a spray > bottle. > > “She put up with me all these years,” Albertson said ... > Whatever the future holds, Albertson will continue to create and innovate. > > “I’ve had a 100-percent batting average on everything I’ve come up with,” he > said. > [© 2013, Winona Daily News] > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Beijing's BMW ActiveE project, 20 residents participating > EVLN: Shocking Little Electric Motorcycle Ads > EVLN: Westland electric tiltrotor quadrocopter (video) > EVLN: "We fill our cars with sunshine" in Santa Cruz, CA > + > EVLN: UCM auto-program students study Smith e-trucks, & hybrids (video) > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Inventor-Albertson-s-2011-Ranger-EV-conversion-r-100mi-ts-80mph-tp4663947.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
