Search results

Further research has shown that Porsche actually did build the first known “series hybrid” vehicle in 1900 called the Lohner. Seem to kinda forget about the concept until 1940 when they developed a series hybrid tank for the war. It was basically in a bidding war to be the “Tiger” tank for the...

I will also have to send in the passenger side as the window switch is a different size. My smooth brain just realized this. Should I do the back armrests as well?

Good news: I am 99% certain we can do this armrest now. I just removed the door panel for the second time (the first time one of them bandits broke my driver window out) at least it was voluntary this time. At first glance it looked like the armrest was bound to the door panel material right...

The red arrow is where I told them I’ve had two rangers that both squeak right there, idk if it will help them or not

I’ve seen other posts on here about quality stuff from Redline goods. I went on there to see what they have and was looking for a leather steering wheel cover to cost less than an oem wheel from ebay around $300. They don’t carry any wheel covers for our trucks but the site said to email them...

I can see the problem with towing over large distances. Maybe standard diesel power trains will always be needed for towing larger loads. So focus on hauling passengers/regular cargo. Huge market for that still. I see the weak link as the battery weight/capacity

I’m not a homeowner even so forgive dumb questions. But what’s the issue with creating a separate circuit on your house for emergencies that isn’t connected to the meter? With its own power sources, inverter, controller, outlets, etc. Is this illegal? I’m talking for powering some essential...

Shovel, I am definitely no electrician and much of that went pretty far over my head. I am no longer useful in this conversation lol. Will try to understand with some research what you’re talking about

Yes, there’s obvious problems just hooking up to your house. But in 5-10 years when battery power storage is more common in housing, don’t you think there would be a way to safely feed that power as a link to your home’s circuit?

I believe that’s because you could theoretically never use the generator and only plug this vehicle in and use the electric driveline if you had a short commute. Not sure. Also probably still in testing.

I believe humans can make pretty solid combustion engines that operate at one steady rpm. We only have 100+ years and untold trillions $$ of r&d put into them. The three 90% energy conversions you spoke of seem to theoretically come close to the efficiency of a standard ICE vehicle. Now the...

Awesome video. I’ve been enjoying this rabbit hole. The extra energy conversion step being the bottleneck makes sense. Can you explain to me what would be the issue with having to pull the truck over and run only the generator when the battery pack gets low? Admittedly this could be annoying...

Not where my mind went but love that gen of f series, I’ve been thinking that if I did it to a vehicle it’d be a long traveled i-beam f-150. Somewhere between these two. Do the cheaper Edison kit powering rear wheels only. Vintage hybrid trophy truck. And yes flying by anyone silently in an obs...

Little tip when you go to move the drain pan from the plug to the filter, center your pan from front to back under this little hole in on the frame rail. I haven’t missed a drop out of there since I figured this out and my drain pan is small. I have a picture and just edited some arrows in to...

Y’all check out Edison Motors, a company out of Canada that began retrofitting semis with generators, batteries and electric axles. They recently passed gov inspections and regs with their own in house semi. A YouTuber that builds diesel pickups has partnered with them to develop a kit for older...

I was born 99’ but for a while now have figured a caterpillar diesel hooked to an inverter charging batteries to power electric drive motors has to be more efficient than a Prius. No engineer here either but I do understand that engines get about 70% ish of the power actually to the wheels. That...

The truck is absolutely a hybrid btw. You put gas in and it generates power for the battery. And Ram trucks since 2007 or 8 have been arguably some of the best full size pickups to off road if they don’t have the air suspension, all 4 corners are coil sprung. Agreed on Stellantis being a shit...

Agreed. Maybe we should start doing Ford’s QC for them by telling anyone on the forum with recurring problems to trade in and try again lol. I’ve been good on two separate 5g’s both XL’s (the ones that they care about selling the least) A 2020 that got hailed on at 45k, the hail made the stereo...

Again, not saying people should go and buy this truck when it comes. Just looking at the technology. In your definition of hybrids the manufacturers have not once brought down the complexity of the car. The chevy volt had its own design problems but it also just sucked. It was slow. It had no...

Not arguing that the manufacturers and dealers wouldn’t find a way to screw these up. Not trying to sell it as a salesman would. I think people pay 50k for a XLT ranger because that’s what they feel it’s worth, ridiculous prices happen because there’s someone out there willing to pay them...