Things Your Should Know About Homemade Electric Trucks
Ever since local gasoline prices reached its peak back in mid 2008, many car owners are seriously sourcing for an alternative energy for their vehicle. Many are looking into the idea of using electricity to power their cars. For the time being, a brand new electric car from the manufacturer is still quite expensive. To own an electric vehicle (EV), you can choose to convert your existing gasoline driven car to run purely on electric. One popular donor vehicle for electric conversion is a pickup truck. Before you proceed, there are 3 things you should know about homemade electric trucks.
Retrofitting an electric truck can be a complicated process
If you are not well versed with the inner workings of an automobile, it is not recommended for you to retrofit your own electric pickup. Most of the work will involve electrical wiring and machine tooling. Since some of the components are not available off the shelves, certain important parts have to be custom made.
A homemade electric truck has a limited mileage
A truck running on electricity has an average driving range of only 150 miles per charge. The actual mileage will depend on the condition of the electric motor, the state of the batteries and also the driving condition.
Better to outsource than to Do It Yourself (DIY)
A home DIY electric truck project will require a lot of time and energy commitment. You will also need all the necessary tools and equipment to get the job done. A better solution is to outsource the whole conversion process to a professional mechanic. This will save you a lot of time and headache.
Are you planning to send your gasoline driven truck to a professional workshop to be electric retrofitted? Get some electric vehicle knowledge before you do so.
It is none other than the ability of electric motors to boost its wattage for a fraction of seconds, usually 5 times than its original output. Due to this, DC cars can have better acceleration for a very short span of time and this will help the car to perform better. However, this can't be done for so long as the engine will blowout. However, AC motors are installed in some cars because these engines can allow any industry specified motor to be used in the car which is quite advantageous.
The car's working principle is quite simple:
Drivetrain - In battery-powered cars, the working principle is very easy to understand. The car is driven by a motor (electric motor) which directly takes its energy from the cells. In hybrid cars, there are gasoline powered generators. Hybrid cars have a very sophisticated mechanism, which is not in the scope of this article. Coming back to electric cars, the straightforward mechanism avoid many components in between and it makes these cars more reliable.
Gear Box - Compared to gasoline powered vehicles, EV engines can't be pressured to produce more torque by switching to a lower gear. As we have seen earlier, DC motors can boost the power for a couple of seconds but car manufacturers do not use this option as a technique to boost the power. We can conclude that the gear box in an electric car engine is only to control speed. The working principle is also very different. It uses a resistor and the lower speed is achieved by putting higher resistance on engine.
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