Have you investigated new lithium battery cell packs? Some offer dramatic improvements in Ahr capacity- hence longer range.
Here are a couple of sources: https://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/used-tesla-model-s-modules.html https://www.electriccarpartscompany.com/crm.asp?action=contactus Probably others out there as well. Glenn P. Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2021, at 12:18 PM, John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon Feb 01 11:03:29 PST 2021 [email protected] said: >> Good morning kids; >> I have a need to know.. The electric truck I converted several years ago >> has a definite need for much longer range. I would like to install a >> generator that will not just recharge the pack but power the truck down the >> road. >> The creation was originally 144v with 24 6v big batteries. That gave me >> about 70 miles if I was calm and careful. Well I am not calm or careful. I >> got around 45 miles out of it. The pack lasted about 4.5 years. I want to >> rebuild the truck with 12 big 12v batteries with the addition of a >> generator. I have no idea where to get a generator good enough to meet my >> needs. >> I have been reading and following this list for many years, I got the parts >> I used to build my truck from members here.. So I am confidant you guys can >> stear me in the right direction. >> Enjoy the rest of the winter and keep your packs warm. > > 1) Don't use Lead Acid batteries. Lithium (used Leaf modules) don't cost > much more, are lighter, and will last FAR longer. > 2) Do you know how much current you were drawing when cruising down the road? > For my F250, I use around 30KW, for an S10, it will probably be more like > 15KW. > > Don't use a cheap genset - you'll be polluting as much as a Semi tractor. > > > -- > > Worlds only All Electric F-250 truck! > http://john.casadelgato.com/Electric-Vehicles/1995-Ford-F-250 > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210201/82aa4db9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
