Brian's Electric Pickup!
(Vehicle scrapped 2/1/2000 due to excessive body and frame rust.
25,700 EV miles (Douglas 8,000, used T145 4,700, 13,000 with T145). Controller is in S10, motor in Festiva conversion along with other electric components.)

Before conversion:
Truck left side
truck1.gif 72k		 Truck right side
truck2.gif 77k		 Rear of truck
rear.gif 67k		 Grimmy engine
engine.gif 80k

During conversion:
Engine just removed
noengine.gif 63k		 Chassis ready
chassis.gif 51k		 Motor in place
motor.jpg 24k		 Empty batt boxes
boxempty.jpg 23k		 Rear batt box
rearbox.jpg 18k

After conversion:
Front batt box
front.jpg 44k		 Batteries loaded
rear6v.jpg 42k		 Load of dirt
dirt.jpg 44k		 Bed reattach
truckbed.jpg 20k		 On overpass
trukover.jpg 23k
Specifications of Electric Pickup
Chassis 1986 Dodge (Mitsubishi) Ram 50
Weights Before conversion: 2,550lb, after: 3,430lb weighed, GVW: 4056lb
Conversion Removed engine July 4, 1996, On the road Jan 22, 1997
Top Speed 79mph in 4th (maybe 82 in 5th?)
Range 58 miles winter, 66 summer (80% DOD. Max so far 167mi in a day.)
Motor Advanced DC 9" 28hp continuous, 100hp peak, 100 ft-lbs
Controller Curtis 1231C 15kHz/1.5kHz 144Volt, 500Amp max
Battery 126 volts (U-1 12V batt with Todd PC-40LV)
21 x 6-volt flooded lead-acid heavy duty golf cart batteries,
Trojan T-145. 245 ampere-hour at 20 hour rate,
145 minutes at 75 amp rate (typical for EV)
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