In this day and age when it costs 48 dollars to fill up my tank, has anyone ever came across a electric conversion kit or Idea that could be used in a F150? I think that would be cool, plug it up at night, charge the batteries. Mount some alternators so that as the wheels move, they charge the batteries, never ending power.

 

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.eaaev.org/eaawhatisanev.html

 

There's no such thing as never-ending power. The problem with batteries is that you'd need a whole lot of them to move a truck. The weight of the batteries would be enormous - requiring more batteries, etc. Then the cost of all those batteries and the charging system.

Not saying it can't be done - just that if it were practical, we'd all be doing it.

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03...i-ion_battery/

It might not be too much longer, as they have figured out how to use Nano technology to rapid charge batteries to 80% under 60 seconds.

You wanna know whats funny, as many times I had to push my truck, it actually feels light and rolls rather easy.

 

wow, $8-15k for the conversion. I'll start profitin in about 10 years

 

Not to mention the actual cost of the electricity used to charge those batteries. I bet once that is added in the savings is probably very minimal. Also the amount of batteries needed to propel a 4500 lb truck would likely fill the entire bed. Most of the electric cars I've heard of are tiny 2000 lb boxes. Then you have the added weight of 1000 lbs of batteries to deal with...this is getting ugly. Now you have a 2-seater that weighs 5500 lbs and no cargo room. No thanks.

 

Seems so, but think about how much power is required to accelerate that vehicle. You're only able to accelerate it 1-2 mph in a few seconds...not much power there