Electric Ford Ranger Conversion

[1990fordf150custom]

ok now make this perfect put a solar panel in the back of the bed to charge the batteries, so you literally arent hurting the enviorment at all

[brentonwatters]

that was pritty dang dumb

[automotiveDIY]

should cover the roof and battery cover with solar panels.

[sideslide23]

there was a electric plug in for the 1999 ford Ranger pickup calls the Ranger EV. The truck can only cruise the top speed of 75 MPH with the govenor. The truck has a nickel-metal-hybride battery pack used to increase the truck's real world driving range to about 85 miles per charge but it requires 6 hours using a conductive charger.

[BstyleUnplugged]

Nice RIDE!! Good Vid also!!

[robviolin1]

I think you did a great job. Do you have a step by step plan so I could convert my gas car to electric? I need to know what one needs to buy, and then how it fits together.

thanks

[robviolin1]

I think you did a great job. Do you have to step by step plan so I could convert my gas car to electric?

thanks

[plantaseed9]

very nice,how much would itk cost to do this.

[unixtm]

Great video! Good editing and footage! (and sound!) Nice conversion as well! I saw it in person when I was in Utah - very professionally done!

[ScottxxxGrimm]

dosent he have a eletric eclipse or talon?

[imacrazydude9999999]

@ScottxxxGrimm talon

[ccoasterdesigner]

Umm, 24 12volt batteries and you only get 45 miles range? Hmmm.....interesting. But still great job!

[bigman95impala]

why only 45 miles wtf!!!

[bossman380]

can you still haul shit

[kdc43]

Nope, he flushes it just like the rest of us.

I think the weight/carriying capacity is greatly reduced because of all the heavy lead-acid batteries. Trucks makes for better EV conversions than do cars. They are built stronger.

[bossman380]

i wouldnt want an electric vechical.....turn on the ac and there goes your performance. plus there are not efficent enough.

[macmntr]

Well, considering the AC runs on a different motor and battery usually, it won't do a Geo Metro and kill everything. And, if you're driving across country, then yeah, it's not efficient, but to work/school, it works excellent, just recharge at night. And, it costs less than $.30 a gallon equivalent, that's a bit cheaper than the current price, hovering around $3

[dhymers]

do you have any idea wtf you're talking about ? most EV conversions have a comepletely seperate motor running the AC, powered independantly from the main pack = no parasitic loss mechanical or electrical.

not efficient enough ? oh 80% efficiency of electric motor not efficient enough fo you ? verses the 20% of an ICE ?

you clueless tool.

[SaGalv]

are you clueless, do you know how fast a motor to drive an a/c compressor (even for a car) will kill a standard car battery, which is normally used to run all the acessories such as lights and such in a an EV...so no you wouldnt lose range, you would kill that battery, and have no lights, or wipers or anything. electric motors are more efficent, but not the energy source they run off of. Batterys that weigh a fuckton and only get you a 45 mile range is not efficent at all.

[dhymers]

yeah, if you use the stock AC compressor, quite correct.

Google Masterflux, they sell a much smaller, more efficient set up.

[SaGalv]

with ethier a/c or heating in an EV your going to reduce your range...and you will reduce it greater then turing on the a/c in a gasoline powered car. The a/c wastes fuel becuase it drives off the engine, but it doesnt waste much. The heating in a gas car doesnt waste any gas at all since the engine makes heat itself. with an EV youll reduce your range running anything electrical (which is anything, in the car) this means the heater,a/c,lights etc. thats one set back of ev's

[SaGalv]

turing on the a/c hurts the performance of any car, since the a/c pump is driven off the engine. However, it probably would be more dramatic with a battery powered car. I think the 45 mile range would be my biggest turnoff, that and lack of power and speed. Think about a 45 mile range. Thats like a trip to the mall and back...with a range that low, would can only travel 22 miles from home, any farther and you wont make it back...if you have hills where you live, that number is even lower.

[TakayaFreeman]

Not sure where you got the whole "lack of power" from. The torque on an electric motor is at least 10 times more than of a gas engine, and it doesn't require to build up the power like a gas engine does. It's got the power to shoot off from the start.

As for the range, it's meant for in-city use since most people typically stay within the city. And who's to say you can't plug it in while at the mall or where ever?

[SaGalv]

@TakayaFreeman Wrong!!! Ten times the torque? Yeah not even close. The stock 4.0 v6 in a ranger makes about 230lbs of torque...so yeah makes sense a similar electric motor makes 2300lbs of torque. Fucking semi trucks dont even have that much. The eletric motor may or may not have as much as the v6..the arguement is that the electric motor makes all of its peak torque right from 0 rpm. This problem is solved with gas engines by use of a "torque converter" all automatics use them, look it up.

[nsmoracr]

@SaGalv Maybe an ICE with an automatic transmission is perfect for you...Is that really the most efficient combination for a vehicle? One of the most evergy efficient vehicles on land happens to be a diesel-electric vehicle. Trains can move 436 tons one mile on one gallon of fuel (or if you want to think of it in smaller terms- One ton, 436 miles, one gallon of fuel) Do the math. BIG MPG's Theres a good reason they use electric drive instead of an ICE... Look that up...

[SaGalv]

@nsmoracr actually, i perfer a manual transmission. And the 1 mpg train uses an ice, a very large one. the electric drive is better suited for that. Ever wonder why big rigs have like 18 gears? and a car typically has only 5? Think how many gears a train would need. making a transmission that big would be rediculous, and waste tons of power. Thats why they use an electric drive. also braking it easier since the drivemotor act as generators, and the power is spent with huge resistors.

[dhymers]

if you put batteries below the bed, unlike this conversion. I know of a truck that uses Lithium cells under the bed probably has a range of about 80 miles and he hauls stuff all day.

[ronmann606]

Whats the song? I remember it from an old skate vid.

[imacrazydude9999999]

DJ Shadow . .. fixed income

[desertracintom]

Sweet idea, glad it worked for you!

The sound is even pretty cool, almost like a turbo or supercharger

[atsidlm]

its great. Im building a Drive for a AC motor. I need at least 120km (75 miles)

[poopstreek]

Too bad we burn coal for electricity. This would be great if we ran off of NUCLEAR energy like the rest of the world, besides China, which builds a new coal burning plant every week or so. If everyone in Cali had these, we would have MORE blackouts.

[luigi2999]

cool

[thoughtchallenge]

I think you made a good choice of vehicles. Looks like you didn't use the full capacity of the bed. Have you considered adding more batteries to get more range?  Would the truck hold that more weight?

[imacrazydude9999999]

MAYBE, it weighs 4,400 lbs and the stock ranger EVs weighed like 5,000+ but the suspension in it now wouldn't hold too well. I really don't need range cause I charge everywhere I go and it's plenty. It's the least of my concerns with an electric car.

[ibpointless2]

Please make another video about your EV!!!!

Its is beyond Cool!!!!

[kostea13]

Very nice.I woul like to by o Ranger to and convert it in EV!!!