EV Ranger

[DonSor]

While at Fry's Electronics I parked right alongside a 2000 Ranger Extracab which was converted to electric power. There's a shop here in San Diego which converts P/U to full electric power. The truck can go 90 miles between charges. It accelerates like a jack rabbit and can cruise alongat 90 MPH. I talked to the owner and he said he spends around $2.00 per charge. The entire bed area of the truck was full of the ordinary deep cycle lead acid cell battery you can buy from any auto store. The top of the bed is covered by a solar panel which helps charge the battery. I think that the industry should've pursued the all electric veheicle. It's an ideal second car. Afterall a great percentage of people especially the "soccer mom" types drive daily routines much less than 90 miles per day and many commuters as well. Then if the family desices to go long range they can use the gasoline powered car no.1 Hybrids are one alternative but they are going to be expensive to maintain especially when the battery runs out of life.

[e_powers]

2$ per charge. that makes a equilivent to a tank full for a ranger about 5$

i saaw two ev rangers on ebay recently but they selling for 20,000 $and they were 99s

[DonSor]

Any Ranger P/U that is beyond economical repair but still has good frame and body could be good candidates for EV conversion. The beaut about this conversion is that the battery tray is made up of several batteries connected in series and banks in parallel. If one goes bad, you can just jump it and contineu driving. Up to 20 percent can go bad and you still have sufficient capacity to operate the vehicle. Further, the battery cost about $80.00, available ffrom any auto parts store and can be installed very easily It can be charged using any 120 VAC system. So at for a standard Ranger with 19 gallon tank, at 20 MPG, it's range is roughly 380 miles. At the existing cost of gas in San Diego of $3.20/gallon, that equates to about sixty bucks for a full tank. However, a potentially charging cost of $2.00 per 90 miles, the 380 miles would cost a little over $8.00. If using gas cost only $8.00 per 380 miles, then the cost per gallon is $0.35. That's how much I paid for a gallon of gas wile traveling through Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1959.