We purchased this 1965 Ford F100 (which has an F250 platform) about two years in the past and lately transformed it to an all-electric pickup. It is now known as “Chargezilla” or “E-100”!
Our 1965 Ford F100 undertaking has made a significant leap in an uncommon path. What was as soon as a 300 cu-in inline six-cylinder engine, mated to a handbook transmission and a “divorced” switch case, is now electrically powered. The F250 a part of the truck has this switch case from the manufacturing facility – which provides you equal-length drive shafts. Now, the facility and torque have elevated dramatically.
Legacy EV and 101 Motorcycles bought along with TFL Truck to show this previous Ford into one thing particular
Primarily, the 1965 Ford has Tesla energy as there are two banks of batteries on this truck. Probably the most outstanding (and straightforward to see), resides below the hood. Changing the fuel tank, the opposite set of batteries sits in its personal case. Mixed, the general output is about 70 kWh – which is beefy… for a automotive.
The 2 electrical motors are mounted to the internal body of the truck (within the transmission tunnel). They’re related to a 2:1 gear discount field. From there (together with a separate precise parking mechanism) they feed into the truck’s authentic switch case. That is proper, this factor has a critical 4×4 setup that has low gearing.
Whole system horsepower is roughly 280, however the large story is the torque – which is over 680 lb-ft. Certain, it may have been extra, however to make the truck drivable, and preserve some semblance of vary, compromises needed to be made. The truck is about up for Stage I and Stage II charging, with a 6-kW onboard charger.
We’re about to do a collection of movies, a few of which will likely be based mostly on testing the F100. As such, we have now but to determine what this truck can do. I imply, we all know it is quicker – however that is not a lot of a stretch. Vary and general efficiency have but to be found. Within the close to future, we are going to let !
Keep tuned!
On this video, Tommy takes you thru a behind-the-scenes tour of the E100. On high of that, he brings us alongside for a fast drive too!
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