I’m following the development of Edison Motors, which will offer Diesel/EV hybrid kits for pickups and semitrucks. An unadvertised aspect of this is that because they’ll also have too offer repair parts, you’ll be able to make a pure EV pickup truck as well. This will also have the added benefit of not having any spyware installed.
I have an old square body truck on the farm that I would love to convert to EV.
I vaguely remember a time when it felt like all these small companies were supposedly working in vehicle conversion kits and I was excited about all the cars that could get saved and brought into the next century, but I feel they were all vaporware since I’ve never heard of one actually existing in real life.
It was one of the few moments where I actually felt close to being alive in the future that was promised to me as a child. Maybe someday…
A lot of those old ones were selling kits that used overbuilt golf cart motors. They worked, but were underwhelming. As EVs became more mainstream, people started pulling EV drive trains from wreaks and either DIYing it or hiring an independent shop to do it.
Edison has done real world, on road testing of their semitruck drive train with a loaded(and maybe overloaded) haul of logs. The family that owns Edison Motors also owns a logging company, so they’re interesting is using what they’re making. They’re also shipping the first full size pickup truck kits to their partners for testing.
They also teased a smaller drive axle that would work with smaller trucks or jeeps.
That sounds promising about Edison’s background. It sounds like they have both personal interest in getting the projects to be successful, and also real world experience with the types of industry things they’re looking to improve. I’ll have to check them out.
I’m following the development of Edison Motors, which will offer Diesel/EV hybrid kits for pickups and semitrucks. An unadvertised aspect of this is that because they’ll also have too offer repair parts, you’ll be able to make a pure EV pickup truck as well. This will also have the added benefit of not having any spyware installed.
I have an old square body truck on the farm that I would love to convert to EV.
I vaguely remember a time when it felt like all these small companies were supposedly working in vehicle conversion kits and I was excited about all the cars that could get saved and brought into the next century, but I feel they were all vaporware since I’ve never heard of one actually existing in real life.
It was one of the few moments where I actually felt close to being alive in the future that was promised to me as a child. Maybe someday…
A lot of those old ones were selling kits that used overbuilt golf cart motors. They worked, but were underwhelming. As EVs became more mainstream, people started pulling EV drive trains from wreaks and either DIYing it or hiring an independent shop to do it.
Edison has done real world, on road testing of their semitruck drive train with a loaded(and maybe overloaded) haul of logs. The family that owns Edison Motors also owns a logging company, so they’re interesting is using what they’re making. They’re also shipping the first full size pickup truck kits to their partners for testing.
They also teased a smaller drive axle that would work with smaller trucks or jeeps.
That sounds promising about Edison’s background. It sounds like they have both personal interest in getting the projects to be successful, and also real world experience with the types of industry things they’re looking to improve. I’ll have to check them out.