Really cool!! Except I can see the future battery bill down the road being expensive and people are complaining about the cost to fix a 6.0L powerstroke LOL jokes on them! Pollution wise makes no difference cause it still takes smoke to make anything. Still would be a great experience driving one!
We sold couple of these in NH in '93. Siemens drives and motors, I think. Not all that useful seeing that it's bed was made up of batteries. Maybe this newer model was a bit different. Most probably don't know but there were Rangers with three different diesel engines back in 80's. Dual fuel tanks as well. I think we called it the 800 mile Ranger due to lack of need to refuel.
Neighbor 4 doors down from me had a Tesla. Like a dummy he bought it... for $110,000! He absolutely hated it. Fit & finish was shoddy and he was always going to the 'dealership' for 'updates.' He said despite the growing network of charge sites, it still didn't allow him to travel freely. These were his main gripes. 3 years later he tries to sell it and got $48,000 for it. Not only are they WORSE for the environment than gas cars, (strip mining/earth-raping for small amounts of precious metals such as lithium, cobalt, cadmium, nickel, etc. for the manufacturing of batteries), but the resale value is the worst of ANY car (50-55% loss in 2-3 years of ownership)! Simply.... they're NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME regardless of how many limp-wristed man bun-wearing little techy guys drive 'em! Eventually they will be viable as long as GM, Ford, Honda & Toyota figures out a way to make them make sense (100 miles range makes NO SENSE!) Elon Musk is nothing more than an ADHD child who will be onto something else in another 5-10 years anyway.
Fit and finish was questionable in early models, but I know much of what you claim is BS. Updates are over the air. manufacturing of the vehicle is offset in less then 5 years lithium and nickel are easy to mine cobalt is being removed from the new 4680 cells , The shortest range Tesla is 244 miles. They hold their resale value . The SuperCharger network can get you coast to coast in the US and Canada. charges 163miles in 15 minutes. 0-60 2.3 seconds. The safest cars ever tested 5 stars all categories. autopilot standard. Yes Elon will be onto other things in 5-10 years landing rocket boosters on drone ships 8 times and sending rockets to low earth orbit is getting routine. I just hope he funds his next projects with something even cooler then a Flamethrower!
If them folks wouldn't freak about nuclear technology so much, we could have cars powered with small reactors to power the electric motors that you plug your home into when not in use.
Kinda cool, but 82 miles per charge is extremely limiting. His logic for not firing up his big truck for short distances is perfect, though. Money money. I live in a small town with no stop lights or police, so I got a little 36v golf cart to get around! LiFePo (4) Titan means he has lithium iron phosphate batteries made by Titan... Much lighter and longer life than lead acid or AGM but lithium can't be used for any cranking or high surges. Probably why there's a lead acid under the hood. Great option for storing charges, though. I so appreciate this channel.
I knew about these trucks and have seen one or two. This man took his a step further to modernize it and bring it a bit more up to date. I really like what he’s done with this!
There’s a video of a guy running his on nothing but Tito’s vodka!! Thing didn’t croak he drove it like 100 miles and had to stop at the store to buy another fifth of Tito’s😂😂
I saw one of those at the Ford factory back in 1999 when I was in college ASE club. Went to ASE convention. Had one club member with a family member that was a head engineer at Ford. We got to do a number of tours during that trip. They said it might haul a cold pack. Not very impressive performance but very neat system for the time. Also go to hear some interesting rumors of Ford building their own diesel and about the fuel system they were planning while touring the dealer call in center. Got to talk with the people dealers called into for diagnostic help. Awesome trip.
Years ago, in a Powerplant design course, the economic analysis shows that Geothermal, Wind, and Solar cost more in construction, maintenance, and wear out long before they pay for themselves, given the costs of Coal and Nuclear power... Now the early 99s wind farms are wearing out, and disposal is a huge problem...
Solar is priced at $0.03 to $0.06 per kilowatt-hour in 2020 and pays for itself in less then 5 years. I have seen articles on recycling wind mills and the most difficult part to reuse are the blades. The blades are ground up and used as a aggregate for concrete. Nuclear if done right has huge potential study up on thorium reactors if you are still interested in the subject.
Lithium Polymer (lipo) batteries are awesome, but if you have a wreck and you see white smoke start rolling out of the truck, you better run your ass off cause she fixing to go whoosh in a big ball of flame.
You know, that is a pretty cool little truck. 18.5K not a bad price for something that has been Tested and approved. Wonder what you could do with a F250 2wd Bill? Little bit of R&D experiment maybe in the future.
Range 82 miles? what is it good for seems like one expensive grocery getter that you can use only for work ask back if you work close to where you live lol
I had no idea ford was doing this 20 years ago.... I knew ford worked with electric vehicles back in the 1920s with Edison but I dont think anything ever came from them.
Awesome, just realized I'm moving across the country From Vegas to Cumming, right next to you. I will be sure to buy some heads for the ol 6.0 if it don't blow on the way there.
No shit!! Lets just mount this torsion bar on the underside of the frame rail and throw in a sketchy little lift point way up yonder so that if the feet are the same height front and back the truck will lift nose heavy as hell and look straight at the fucking ground. Things piss me off.
Holy shit. There's a meme goin' around on Facepage with one of these last week. They were lease trucks that most were crushed when sent back to Ford. Only a few escaped.
I remember seeing these in the documentary "Who Killed the electric car" Right up there with Ford Th!nk EVs and several other long forgotten EVs that got bought back and crushed
Excellent video thank you for sharing
Love the video and the discussion!
Saw one of these at ford training class back in ‘04. The ford engineer side this was a pilot program. Had them at ports for short drives
Now that’s cool!
What noise? That is a cool truck.
All these years I’ve been watching your channel but never knew you were from the PNW. I lived in Bellevue/Redmond for 27 years
Worked down at the Congress center years ago, around 02 , they had one .
Wow this is fascinating, I had no idea these existed.
Same. I hav never seen or heard of them
Really cool!! Except I can see the future battery bill down the road being expensive and people are complaining about the cost to fix a 6.0L powerstroke LOL jokes on them! Pollution wise makes no difference cause it still takes smoke to make anything. Still would be a great experience driving one!
Wow I never knew. Interesting truck
We sold couple of these in NH in '93. Siemens drives and motors, I think. Not all that useful seeing that it's bed was made up of batteries. Maybe this newer model was a bit different. Most probably don't know but there were Rangers with three different diesel engines back in 80's. Dual fuel tanks as well. I think we called it the 800 mile Ranger due to lack of need to refuel.
Very neat
I’ll keep my 5.0 in my 99 explorer lol
I work at a nuclear power plant. Nuclear has the fewest amount of accidents compared to any other energy source. It’s incredibly safe.
Just when I thought my 1983 ranger with a 2.2 perkins was rare.
This is awesome too. Any details on it?
Neighbor 4 doors down from me had a Tesla. Like a dummy he bought it... for $110,000! He absolutely hated it. Fit & finish was shoddy and he was always going to the 'dealership' for 'updates.' He said despite the growing network of charge sites, it still didn't allow him to travel freely. These were his main gripes. 3 years later he tries to sell it and got $48,000 for it. Not only are they WORSE for the environment than gas cars, (strip mining/earth-raping for small amounts of precious metals such as lithium, cobalt, cadmium, nickel, etc. for the manufacturing of batteries), but the resale value is the worst of ANY car (50-55% loss in 2-3 years of ownership)! Simply.... they're NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME regardless of how many limp-wristed man bun-wearing little techy guys drive 'em! Eventually they will be viable as long as GM, Ford, Honda & Toyota figures out a way to make them make sense (100 miles range makes NO SENSE!) Elon Musk is nothing more than an ADHD child who will be onto something else in another 5-10 years anyway.
Fit and finish was questionable in early models, but I know much of what you claim is BS. Updates are over the air. manufacturing of the vehicle is offset in less then 5 years lithium and nickel are easy to mine cobalt is being removed from the new 4680 cells , The shortest range Tesla is 244 miles. They hold their resale value . The SuperCharger network can get you coast to coast in the US and Canada. charges 163miles in 15 minutes. 0-60 2.3 seconds. The safest cars ever tested 5 stars all categories. autopilot standard. Yes Elon will be onto other things in 5-10 years landing rocket boosters on drone ships 8 times and sending rockets to low earth orbit is getting routine. I just hope he funds his next projects with something even cooler then a Flamethrower!
I want it.
If them folks wouldn't freak about nuclear technology so much, we could have cars powered with small reactors to power the electric motors that you plug your home into when not in use.
Wow! I never knew this about Ford. That’s very interesting Bill, thanks for sharing.
"Diesel fuel got it here"
I see I see
Belikin hat!
Kinda cool, but 82 miles per charge is extremely limiting. His logic for not firing up his big truck for short distances is perfect, though. Money money.
I live in a small town with no stop lights or police, so I got a little 36v golf cart to get around!
LiFePo (4) Titan means he has lithium iron phosphate batteries made by Titan...
Much lighter and longer life than lead acid or AGM but lithium can't be used for any cranking or high surges. Probably why there's a lead acid under the hood. Great option for storing charges, though.
I so appreciate this channel.
I love the information you share but I also enjoy the content. Hell, you could just make a video on rotating tires and I’d watch the whole thing.
This absolutely, the biggest reason my 7.3 hasn’t died is this man’s amazing way of passing knowledge.
Seriously. I own a 6.0 but I'll watch his videos on engines I don't even own, or, have never owned just because the content is awesome!
What a treat! Such a cool video.
That's cool! Always wanted a diesel ranger I think with the Perkins? This truck would be cool for around town.
That rear suspension looks like a De Dion axle setup. Hybrid of solid axle and independent suspension.
I knew about these trucks and have seen one or two. This man took his a step further to modernize it and bring it a bit more up to date. I really like what he’s done with this!
82 miles range. Good luck with that.
Extremely ahead of it’s time . Rangers are indestructible I love my 99 4 cylinder 5 speed .
There’s a video of a guy running his on nothing but Tito’s vodka!! Thing didn’t croak he drove it like 100 miles and had to stop at the store to buy another fifth of Tito’s😂😂
I saw one of those at the Ford factory back in 1999 when I was in college ASE club. Went to ASE convention. Had one club member with a family member that was a head engineer at Ford. We got to do a number of tours during that trip. They said it might haul a cold pack. Not very impressive performance but very neat system for the time. Also go to hear some interesting rumors of Ford building their own diesel and about the fuel system they were planning while touring the dealer call in center. Got to talk with the people dealers called into for diagnostic help. Awesome trip.
this is amazing I never knew and at the time I worked as a deisel mechanic at a concrete company we had a ford fleet
I'll stick with my 05 F350 dually, it's better for the environment anyway.
I'll stick with my '00 F350 Dually 7.3. Totally environment friendly. 😅
Yeah I will stick with my 02 7.3 Excursion
@@brendasmith5937 i’ll stick with my 2020 6.7 F3 50 Dually totally environment friendly.
Years ago, in a Powerplant design course, the economic analysis shows that Geothermal, Wind, and Solar cost more in construction, maintenance, and wear out long before they pay for themselves, given the costs of Coal and Nuclear power... Now the early 99s wind farms are wearing out, and disposal is a huge problem...
Solar is priced at $0.03 to $0.06 per kilowatt-hour in 2020 and pays for itself in less then 5 years. I have seen articles on recycling wind mills and the most difficult part to reuse are the blades. The blades are ground up and used as a aggregate for concrete. Nuclear if done right has huge potential study up on thorium reactors if you are still interested in the subject.
Haha neat! Tesla Cybertruck ain't got nothing on this Android Ranger. Now let's use a diesel generator to charge it 😆
Can it be tuned to be a tesla killer?
Learnt something new
Channel should be renamed PowerVoltHelp
Extremely rare and interesting trucks, like the Electric S10 (yes it was a thing. Most were scrapped, but some survived like the GM EV1)
California logic: EGR delete. Inspection fail.
Lithium Polymer (lipo) batteries are awesome, but if you have a wreck and you see white smoke start rolling out of the truck, you better run your ass off cause she fixing to go whoosh in a big ball of flame.
Its a fucking ford ranger!
Jay Leno’s Baker electric uses this power -train.
Electric is the future!! Very professional looking conversion.
Bill you'll be right there with Jay Leno! Keep the Videos comming. Hope to swing over one day and have you tweek my 2003 6.0!
You know, that is a pretty cool little truck. 18.5K not a bad price for something that has been Tested and approved. Wonder what you could do with a F250 2wd Bill? Little bit of R&D experiment maybe in the future.
I learn something new.
Man you should buy that sweet ride for your shop truck for you in town running around!
That thing has gotta be worth alot of money
Range 82 miles? what is it good for seems like one expensive grocery getter that you can use only for work ask back if you work close to where you live lol
That's a pretty cool setup.
The cost to convert the ranger, not fucking worth it for 85 mile range!!! Electric is not the future, it's a place holder for now!
Queue the “my 7.3 blah blah blah comments.”
Thats crazy! Pretty cool
I had no idea ford was doing this 20 years ago.... I knew ford worked with electric vehicles back in the 1920s with Edison but I dont think anything ever came from them.
Nice toy and conversation piece. Now let's get back to belching smoke.
Thanks, Bill, very interesting! The only electric vehicle I want is a hybrid that has the gas burner as a backup.
Awesome, just realized I'm moving across the country From Vegas to Cumming, right next to you. I will be sure to buy some heads for the ol 6.0 if it don't blow on the way there.
Very interesting!
I think the future is vehicles that run on compressed air.
As if those old Rangers weren't a pain in the ass to rack on a lift already...
No shit!! Lets just mount this torsion bar on the underside of the frame rail and throw in a sketchy little lift point way up yonder so that if the feet are the same height front and back the truck will lift nose heavy as hell and look straight at the fucking ground. Things piss me off.
Battery technology has grown by leaps and bounds and and electric truck and vans are very viable to build now.
Now if they only could make it go farther that 50 miles. Would a bigger vehicle use more power than that little vehicle?
Bill, you need to watch the "Who Killed the Electric Car?" documentary.
Amazing but not far on batteries
Pretty awesome i didn't know Ford made electric trucks back then.
Never even knew about this, pretty interesting
Does it have working 4x4 too? Thats cool
Holy shit. There's a meme goin' around on Facepage with one of these last week. They were lease trucks that most were crushed when sent back to Ford. Only a few escaped.
Won't ET like your Super Stock Max Wedge, huh Thad !!
*TORQUE PRO FTW* _!_
It is an awesome app for Phone/Tablet/H-unit.
Pretty cool
can you imagine how quiet the world would be with electric vehicles.
Yea because everyone would be walking 100 miles to home when the Battery died
The question is where can I get one and how much money do I need to bring ???
I never even knew
Yes Yes, I like this
But does it have cruise?
Whats the radio system called ?
Yaaaaawwwwwwwnnnnn.....😄
Same 🤣🤣🤣
It’s the near future
Lol... used 2 b a 95 owner!😜
Wow
He said “lipo type” lipo= lithium polymer type of battery.
Interesting, but not interested.
Damn now that is a rare treat and it almost sounded like for a moment wild bill voted for Joe Biden
Hmmmmm another WORTHLESS vehicle unless you don't mind paying a TON of money for a Big Grocery cart
electric cars are like $100k I cant afford that hell i'm lucky if I make $37k a year
Teslas are expensive. There are many other manufacturers of electric cars. Chevrolet, Nissan, Hyundai and others and they are much much cheaper.
I remember seeing these in the documentary "Who Killed the electric car"
Right up there with Ford Th!nk EVs and several other long forgotten EVs that got bought back and crushed
Vary Interesting but it didn’t make any noise well not much noise
If you need a truck get a diesel. Electric trucks are a waist.
you should make that your shop truck!...I wish I could convert my 250
LOSE THE FACE MASK.
1st comment getting ready for BIDEN when we can’t afford fuel
Cry more.
Wow another idea in design created by Ford, Elon Musk has nice again taken old tech and claimed it as new.