Simpler EV conversion - FJ40

[BlueMarblePA]

In this video, Mihir offers another way to convert an ICE to EV.

"Leaving in half the engine saves you the time, money and effort it would take to pull out the engine and machine out motor mounts and brackets. The converted car uses a single 6kW, 72V BLDC motor connected to a 350A Kelly Controller. In the trunk, you will find the 72V 100Ah Lithium Ferrophosphate (LFP) battery."



I am not very knowledgeable, but I am wondering whether this could be done to an FJ40?

 

[sogncab]

I'd be more interested in something like this if you could set it up with a motor on all four wheels, still have an engine turning a generator, (like virtually everything heavy shipping uses) and have a battery or capacitors to soak up the spike loads. Then you can have a much smaller engine, that is more or less always in it's most efficient RPM range. Big ships work that way, trains work that way. If somebody is good at being efficient, it's the companies moving billions of tons of cargo a month. They'll chase out every penny of waste they can, because it adds up in the end.

You would also potentially have control over each wheel independently, you'd have efficiency, and the ability to actually use the thing. I saw a video of a G-Wagen doing a tank turn the other day.... pretty neat.

I heard this second hand, but Caterpillar dropped a dozer off with one of the local earth moving companies that is decent sized. It was setup as a giant generator with motors on each drive. Apparently all of the operators loved the thing.

Straight up EV's make zero sense to me. The juice doesn't come from unicorn farts. The mining for the minerals is sketchy at best, and unless something really dramatic happens with battery chemistry, there's no range, horrific charge times, and they don't work in the cold.

From a performance standpoint Brushless motors are awesome. Up until it's cold, and you might die because of that. Not saying gas and diesel can't leave you stranded, but straight electric requires a little more attention, or it almost certainly will turn you into a pedestrian, which when it's -40F, will kill you. But I have a narrow point of view living somewhere where the wind hurts your face a good chunk of the year.

 

[ryanwk628]

I always thought an electric beam axle would be awesome.

 

[dantheman77]

I always thought an electric beam axle would be awesome.

Look up Edison Motors, they're doing this with logging and vocational trucks and they're also working on a pickup kit.