Electric Powered MB

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stinky_wes
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Came across an old article while trawling the web. (sorry if it is old news)

http://www.ev-power.com.au/IMG/pdf/elec ... _renew.pdf

45-50kW and a heap of torque from an electric motor would be rather handy in a MB, especially at around 2 cents per km.
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Hlaford
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Saw that too, plus a few other EV mighty boys around OZ. It appears we're one up on the americans in having such a suitable vehicle for the conversion.
Having no power steering or power brakes and less than 550kg, once motor, exhaust, fuel tank and radiator are removed, compares well :wink: to an F250 ute that weighs in at 4400kg :x .
(With EVs weight :oops: is everything)

The range is still less than 50km :-o without top lead acid batteries, although with a $10,000+ set of Lithium Ion batteries it should be well above 100km :roll: .

Gotta start somewhere, so when I get time to electrify my MB (all parts ready to go), I hope to dodge the $1.50 per litre that's looming somewhere in the future. :idea:
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Forget dodging the $1.50 mark, I filled up my ute last week at $1.53 and then the Swift on Friday at $1.51. :(

This might be a suitable plan for my spare MB. :-k
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CHooKMaN
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Still... get a fair few tanks of ULP out of 10K even at $1.50/L methinks.
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Whingers! I miss my Mightyboy as the tank is only ~20 litres! Even if it is 1.50 it's only $30 whereas my Vitara sucks up 50 litres and costs me $75!

I wish I had my mightyboy back. Chris, if you want to sell it. ;)
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Hey Dave, there's a nice Cappa for sale down here for $12k... :D
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0-100 in less than 5 seconds :-o But still I do like the sound of those 3 little cylinders pumping :)
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JohnnyB
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Brayden wrote:Hey Dave, there's a nice Cappa for sale down here for $12k... :D
hey is that the red cappa your talking about brayden?
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A Cappa would be great, but I can buy a lot of petrol for 12k.... ;)
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stinky_wes
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eDave wrote:Whingers! I miss my Mightyboy as the tank is only ~20 litres! Even if it is 1.50 it's only $30 whereas my Vitara sucks up 50 litres and costs me $75!

I wish I had my mightyboy back. Chris, if you want to sell it. ;)
Sounds like the problem I faced until recently.
Vitara was sucking through 72L @ 12L/100km (and was easily breakable when 4WDing), so I worked out it was cheaper to buy a second car (MB) as a daily driver.

3 months later, my Vitara has done a total of 45km driving (all on sand dunes) while the MB has done over 6000km :D
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If I'd known it was going to be such a petrol-hog, I wouldn't have bought it!
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shavenyak
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Just found this: http://www.solarvan.co.uk/

electric Carry with lithium batteries, AC motor and wind turbine :D

*edit : it's a Bedford Rascal.. :P
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i've been thinking about the electric route for my van; if the motor where to pop i think thats the way i'd head. Considering anything I do would end up being a custom fabricated job, might as well go straight for the best long run option... 50 - 60 rwkw from an electric motor would be awesome in the carry
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