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02-09-2010, 01:30 PM
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Fully Electric Jeep?
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02-09-2010, 02:55 PM
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1999 TJ Wrangler
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Location: Indiana
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I thought there was somebody on this site a couple of years ago that tried putting an electric motor and batteries in an XJ?
I searched, but can't find it now. Maybe someone else that's better at the interwebs can find it.
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02-09-2010, 03:02 PM
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Come with me I have candy
 
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Location: Cincinnatus, NY (Near Cortland)
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I researched it last year for a while. The thing is that in order to get any kind of range out of it you have to spend monster bucks the very newest battery technology. Wet cell lead batteries won't do you any good unless you just want to use it to run to the store and back.
As far as the actual conversion it's not that hard. You need a motor, there is lots of options here but even an electric forklift motor will do. Then you need an adapter to tie the transmission to the motor, you have to use a standard transmission, but you don't shift it. For instance, when you are stopped the motor is not going. So you put it in 1st or 2nd gear and hit the gas and away you go. If you want a higher top end range then you choose a higher gear to start in. You also need an electronic vacuum pump for the brake booster. And a controller to handle all the electric getting to where it needs to be and when. Like I said though, if you can't afford super awesome alloy cored batteries you are stuck with a big Power Wheels that you have to plug in every 30 miles.
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02-09-2010, 03:04 PM
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Envi, Chryslers engineering division for the development of electric vehicles, has been disbanded, ending plans for an electric Jeep.
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02-09-2010, 03:05 PM
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Come with me I have candy
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I talked to that guy last year and he said his range isn't very good. But the project is still very cool.
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02-09-2010, 03:06 PM
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I thought I was gonna see this:
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02-09-2010, 03:07 PM
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i wear foil underwear too
 
1999 TJ Wrangler
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Location: earth, mostly.
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oh, the torque.
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02-09-2010, 03:08 PM
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02-09-2010, 03:15 PM
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I know a lot of guys have tried this..but I was wondering if Jeep is actually producing one?
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02-09-2010, 03:24 PM
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02-09-2010, 03:26 PM
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2000 TJ Wrangler
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NY/NJ/PA Tri-State Middletown NY 10941
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It wouldnt matter if it gets rolled. You won't even have to turn it off.
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02-09-2010, 03:31 PM
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i wear foil underwear too
1999 TJ Wrangler
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I think i'd rock a gas powered winch. just for the giggles.
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