| Re: [GMCnet] Electric motor converision [message #328632 is a reply to message #328630] |
Fri, 26 January 2018 13:11   |
Will Albers
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Registered: November 2017
Location: Detroit MI (Belleville)
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As seen here
http://real4x4forums.com/PinzgauerBBS/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10708
-EV West creates custom Electric upfittings. Their building a Pinzgauer
which will be interesting! XL Hybrids is an upfitter for Ford who EV
enables our commercial vehicles. Its all possible, but I agree that the
hybrid is more attractive than pure EV for RV purposes.
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Vadim Jitkov
wrote:
> Matt Colie wrote on Fri, 26 January 2018 09:35
>> NextGenGMC wrote on Fri, 26 January 2018 12:22
>>> That is exactly what I was thinking. Use their motors (rated for
> heavy duty truck) and the control system. Batteries under the floor in
>>> place of the fuel tanks. If one was to keep a small fuel tank for
> Onan, you got yourself an extended range "hybrid" :)
>>
>> If you are going to go to all that trouble, why not just put an electric
> drive on the Onan? ;)
>
>
> Not following you on this one. Drive Onan generator with the electric
> drive? Then we can plug it back onto itself and get the generator that will
> charge itself while running :) Perpetual motion machine?
> Anyhow, this is just dreaming. If I had crazy millionaire money then it
> would be more than just dreaming. I'm just glad that the technology is
> being
> developed on multiple fronts out there. I'm super happy that there is a
> network of support for rebuilding the old engines and the transmission on
> these coaches. However, without new units being manufactured, we all know
> that the day may come when you may not be able to get a replacement for the
> one that just broke. Hopefully long before that, there will be other more
> or less affordable options to upgrade/change the drive system.
> --
> Vadim Jitkov
> '76 Glenbrook 26'
> Pullman, WA
>
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