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Electric conversion ranger found in the JY


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Today I was going through my somewhat local pick and pull and stumbled upon the coolest thing I've ever found out there. It was a 95 Ford Ranger with a full electric conversion.315254d6c5e2613e813f82b5ec74254e.jpga4746a4b87dabb074343ca66dbef9703.jpgad1d3a1cb0a3a344fe1758c49f87a59a.jpg29326f8b77c28019db44f1087383e586.jpg

 

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If I were to convert it the amount of batteries required would nullify any gains! I'm still really curious as to why it's sitting there though, that's a pretty big electric motor just to basically throw away.

 

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Looks like a forklift motor or something along those lines. I like how they did the motor mount, that seems well thought out. It was probably a proof-of-concept type thing more than a viable driver, and kind of antiquated with where EV tech is going, but yeah, seems like a shame to junk that much work. At least it's at a wrecker where the components can be snagged, not just sent straight to the crusher. Hopefully someone gets a good deal on the electronics.

 

I found the college online, but nothing about an EV program, no old news about this rig. Wonder what the story was?

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