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Old 03-20-2013, 02:52 PM   #10
Corts60
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Re: Electric Truck

I think at this point, the technology is so primitive and the cost so high that making an electric classic truck at this point could not be accomplished by most of us DIY'ers on our kind of budget. It is a cool idea though and would be interesting to see where the technology goes from here.

Also, there would be REAL exhaust as the V6 will be the prime mover for the generator, it will just be at a constant RPM to make the required hertz for the gen output. Probably 1800 RPM would be most efficient an most suitable if it was a 4 pole generator.

My only question would be how will the V6 hold up to numerous starts and stops and shooting straight to 1800 RPM at start up.
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