My turn.
From "theVerge.com":
General Motors teased the “future of hot rodding”. The franken-truck, dubbed “E-10,” is not the only wonderful....ONE-OFF....oddity to come out of this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show. 450 horsepower, and is capable of making it from 0 to 60 miles per hour in five seconds. Those modifications still require handing over a lot of money to a specialty shop.
also:
1968 Porsche 912 doing smoky burnouts, thanks to the motor from a Tesla Model S P85. EV West – now has a wait list measured in years, full of customers waiting to plunk down up to (and sometimes more than) $100,000 for a car. EV West plans to sell a 912 conversion kit for roughly $50,000 (work to be done by a specialty shop).
First, I don't have money to burn (like EV battery fluid) that some good folks in California have. My wife won't let me mortgage our house. She yells something about a fixed income. Second, to do an EV AD truck correctly, it needs to be safe. Steering and brakes need to be modernized to be safe on our roads. I have an electronics background and I know these motors can have a terrible amount of torque which has to be limited by software, computer hardware and feedback sensors. You need strong brakes and great steering as a fail-safe should a sensor go bad or a software/hardware glitch arises. Don't believe me? I've seen what happens when a AGV contacts a factory steel fire door. It bows them like a potato chip and the rear tires don't stop spinning..more like smoking. Third, the modified truck has to pass the state's DMV inspection for a custom vehicle. Fourth, the insurance company needs paperwork from the specialty shop so the truck owner is not legally liable for design defects. This pretty much eliminates the DIYers.
Oh yes! There needs to be a thick steel skid plate, underneath the battery array, in case you are driving down Florida I-75 and the Winnebago in front of you drops an aluminum ladder.
Last edited by buoymaker; 11/20/2020 4:03 AM.
