Lee Hart wrote:
... not to mention electric cars. :-)
Bobby Keeland wrote:
Actually I have added a few things to the Model 3, but what I would really like to do is work on converting my 1951 Chevy pickup to electric. Unfortunately someone from EV West said that for that pickup I would have to add a LOT of batteries in order to get much range.
That all depends on the definitions of "a lot" and "to get much range". Pickups are heavier and less efficient than regular cards; so they will indeed need more batteries for a given range. On the plus side, they are particularly easy to convert.
But if this is a 1951 pickup, I suspect you won't be driving it fast or far. If your range and power requirements are modest, your battery pack can be equally modest.
My very first EV was a 1974 Datsun pickup, with a dozen 6v golf cart batteries in the bed. My range was about 50 miles; but that was plenty enough to drive it to/from work and errands.
John Wayland converted a 1995 Toyota pickup into an EV with an amazing 40 golf cart batteries in the bed. It had a top speed of about 85 mph and a range of 120-150 miles.
These both used cheap lead-acid batteries. But today, you may be able to salvage a pack from a wrecked auto company EV at a good price.
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