Saw this while browsing for parts. Looks pretty cool. Didn't read it yet.
http://www.driveev.com/jeepev/convpgs/motorclutch.php
http://www.driveev.com/jeepev/convpgs/motorclutch.php
JeepEV Electric Vehicle Conversion
- Thread starter BBeach
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bjoehandley
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
Don't know if he still is, but the owner of that XJ was atleast a user on here, caught a bunch of crap for this conversion too IIRC.
- Location
- Houston, Tx
35 mile range, then a 2 hour charge?
sounds pretty worthless.
sounds pretty worthless.
purplexj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bronx N.Y.
That sounds great. Remember seeing that along time ago on here. If I had thousands of $ to do it I would. That way I could drive to the corner store for milk and cookies ,then re-charge. Seriously, If you could get enough mileage out of it w/out needing a whole bunch of batt's , thennnnn. It should be more feasable in the future.
bjoehandley
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
You know, I could get to work and back on that, maybe a couple days worth of driving if it's all I was doing (kinda like right now on my pay at $3.25 a gallon:flamemad: )
- Location
- Houston, Tx
bjoehandley said:
Electric motors cost money. So do batteries. So does charging that thing. Your time is worth money too.
I bet its cheaper to just drive your Jeep as is than spend all that money.
bjoehandley
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
It would probably be more efficent in anything smaller and lighter than a Jeep (and pretty damn quick too), now I could just plug the thing in overnight so I wouldn't need to go and get gas (less fuel, time, and money spent there). So long as they're taken care of, batteries can have a long lifespan and be recharged plenty of times, instead of just having to burn and replace it like gas. Should be interesting to see what happens when plug in hybrids that use powertrains like what a diesel/electric locomotive uses and Lithium batteries to pull the juice from.
