> I think the hubris f150 is supposed to get about 10 miles electric range
John Lussmyer has spoken for himself, but I'll add that he's posted here in the past that his converted F-250 uses about 600Wh/mi. So let's say that, as an irresponsibly wild guess, a lighter F-150 kitted out with some aero mods might get this down to 450Wh/mi. A 65kWh battery - not at all overly optimistic these days - would give 115 miles of range at 80% DOD. That's moderately useful range for some kinds of truck applications. Whether potential buyers will see it that way is another matter. One of the Rivian layouts has a 180kWh battery, which would give a usable range of 320mi at 450Wh/mi. That's a lot of energy storage! But it would make for a pretty pricey pickup. There may be a market for an EV like this, but it's hard to imagine it being big enough to warrant the effort Ford is putting into it. I wonder if maybe this is an exercise in developing an EV truck for EU and Asian markets. I'd expect them to use the Ranger as a base instead, though, since IIRC the Diesel Ranger is the largest selling pickup in Europe (not that they sell that many). David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. -- Paul Graham = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
