On 11 Sep 2019 at 20:08, paul dove via EV wrote: > I read an article a while back that Toyota and Tesla were going to team up and > resurrect the RAV4 EV with Tesla batteries. Maybe you could find some info on > that.
Is this a new effort, or are you thinking of the brief partnership between Toyota and Tesla a few years ago? They sold a second generation RAV4-EV from 2012 to 2014. It was complete Tesla batteries and drivetrains installed in RAV4s. This is discussed a little in the RAV4-EV Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV Also, going back to the original subject, there were two production Ranger EVs. The first one was done by a "Ford qualified upfitter" on gliders supplied by Ford. I think that was the one that used the Siemens drive, but I'm not sure any more; it's been a while and I didn't pay that much attention. :-( The second one, years later, was an in-house Ford project. At least one of these used oddball 8 volt lead batteries. IIRC, they were custom designed by East Penn. Olaf Bleck bought a bunch of them surplus, and won the 2001 and 2002 Tours de Sol by using them in a range extending trailer David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
