Saying cars haven’t evolved from the gears. … Ya know we haven’t invented a new simple machine in over 200 years. All based on thousands of years ago technology

Chace did wise by taking you aboard. Any video they post, there are keyboard warriors yapping that its too complicated and that EVs never have enough range. Their main challenge is to communicate to the general audience what they are doing and why this is different, and better.

Do you think you will have a kit for half tons

If y'all had a school bus kit you'd be rich and a hero.

Oh by the way, when you get the E axles, will you convert the ISF2.8 onroad engine at 161hp at 3600rpm back to an industrial rating of 74hp at 2500rpm ? I still think a constant speed, generator engine gives you more benefits, the ISF2.8 still comes with all the emission stuff for a variable speed onroad application...

Trains are efficient because they have very little rolling resistance, not because of their series hybrid arrangement. Series hybrids are less efficient than parallel hybrids, which is why a Toyota Prius has no problem getting 60+ mpg in the real world and why the Chevy Volt could only get 42 mpg when not being charged by an external power source. My non-hybrid Civic even does better than the Volt on the highway.

Diesel-electric trains don't have batteries. Instead they use the electric generator coupled with their drive motors as a transmission. AKA "electric transmission". It's ingenious and works well on ultra-heavy vehicles like those giant dump trucks with 10 foot tall tires. Hypothetically if train car manufacturers got together and built a standard they could take one or two locomotives and use them to power drive axles on every attached car. Of course that would make the cars themselves more expensive and have higher maintenance costs and be more complicated... The added power wouldn't be worth the cost especially since existing arrangements can already move an entire city with a couple locomotives... but it could be worth it for custom-made passenger trains to get smooth acceleration and higher top speeds.

@@ivanf4023 High speed electric passenger trains (like the Shinkansen and TGV) already power each axle with a motor. They don't need diesel engines, though, because they're not stuck in the stone age.

Would agree that this is similar to locomotive. Heard Mazda was looking to use their rotary engine as a generator on similar - but as mentioned - run the engine as the ideal RPM to charge is best.

Believe it or not, Dodge is about to release a hybrid Diesel pickup!

I believe Deboss is working with Eduson Motors

I've been wanting to explore it with a jet engine for motorcycles. Even 10-20kW continuous is enough for cruising. Add that with a smaller battery reserve + supercaps and you have something with lot of performance and zero emissions at low speed.

You didnt even watch the video before commenting that lol

I've said for years that this is the way to get electric into a diesel truck. I'm no mechanic or engineer so i have not idea how hard it is to do but always thought it could be done.

Exactly using a internal combustion engine to generate electricity lets you eliminate variable load lets you reduce the complexity and size of the ic engine to make efficency

Tesla was beyond batteries. Why can’t there be a Electo Mag kit that uses current and runs through the Locking Torque Converter … I admit I don’t know how one works, but seems to me placing magnets around the bell or adding a spacer that contains the coils mag and transformer kit.. idk I’m just spitballing here. Trying to think outside the box (T) Edison put us in. That Elephant killer is the one that wants you to tow 1,000 pounds of batteries around. Not Tesla. Tesla wanted us to use the earths magnetic field. Edison wanted you on DC so he could METER (Monitor) it. Even if you had a doughnut of coils behind the converter and magnets were placed around the bellhousing .. maybe not to initiate 100% drive, but even if you could push 10/20/30 % behind an already working, already there, gas engine, that would add efficiency one might lose otherwise carrying around 1,000 pounds of batteries? I guess I need to look up currs? Or kurs?? I might be describing that and don’t know it. Anyway, either way, eff Thomas Edison

The best “kit” so far would be a 3.3 Deere or 3.9 4bt or Isuzu 4btd. america (spelled right) is obsessed with power and 0-60 times. None of the Diesels available are needed. They are WANTED. We could be riding around on a Compound little 3.?? Cat Diesel but… government. Cat quit because of them and so did the oxy cotton guy. Fed up with being treated like a woman, it’s never enough and you can never do the right thing.. gimme money gimme money and gimme money. We don’t have free energy for a REASON. CAPITALISM. You will NEVER GET AN ROI ON FREE ENERGY SO NO ONE WILL FUND THE R&D. This has been going on for decades. For forever. This is nothing new. Btw if all gas engines could run H2O tomorrow we’d all be in a rainforest. It’s the compression they’re looking for. Fill up the space. Gas is HORRIBLE at being efficient. A driveshaft is THE WORST because drive can never “over drive” the physical bond the shaft has. Turn it sideways and imagine the engine turning drive gears on the road. A gas engine is HORRIBLE for us, but the best for our economy that keeps poor people poor and the rich rich.

Yeah those 460 Fords are hungry. One problem with the 3rd gen e series is they just are not aerodynamic. Built when 55 was the law, they use a lot of fuel at 75mph no matter what engine they have

The system is just axles as a drivetrain so you absolutely could stick them up in a van same as a pickup and you’d be good to go

That would be cool

People who truly understand vehicles can see this technology as workable. 100% electrical is a no go for those that need reliability. Hybrid dual is the future.

Sounds like the average ev cultist. Not really a surprise to find a devout believer at corporate.

@@randomidiot8142 And that was 11 years ago. The EV fanbois never see the whole picture. They are too busy saving the planet. For a few years now, I have been calling EV's RCV's......Remote Combustion Vehicles. Fossil fuels are burned to charge batteries. Wind and solar are supposed to be 27% overall input into our local grid. Today, it's actually 1.2% contribution to the grid because of the West Coast storm.

Instead use Nicola Tesla's Earth Capacitance Theory to pump out the electricity Planet Earth generates while spinning on its axis to recharge the system and have much fewer moving parts. There are ways to get this done that don't involve continuing to inflict COPD and other respiratory illnesses on our elderly, children and future generations. Westinghouse was all for this but Andrew Carnegie and the Oil Barron's were not and even Westinghouse couldn't protect Tesla from their influence setting the whole world back over 100 years and causing many of the high cost health problems we endure today. It would be nice if more were pursuing this technology but that would not garner much support from the energy conglomerates since they like Carnegie would see this as an end to their way of life. Imagine everybody on the planet having direct access to free electricity already being generated by the planet instead of having to pay dearly to get it from power corporations. It was amazing that they didn't assassinate Tesla and allowed Westinghouse to take care of his room and board as Tesla's health declined. I really like my mechanical Kiki Pump diesel until I get to a fuel station however it does not have the convenience and economy of the EV which charges at home for pennies using the free courtesy charger that came with it and plugs into a standard 15 amp 120 volt outlet and while I'm sleepy always get fully charged before I wake up the next morning using about 30 to 90 cents of electricity. Truth be told the vast majority of people in North America drive less than 30 miles per day with most when they have to drive over 100 miles taking a bus or train and beyond 250 to 500 miles they are boarding a flight at an airport making it so its only a very, very small minority that actually need a vehicle that has over 100 or so miles of range for their daily lives. I'm now finding that I really only need to start up my diesel so infrequently that I only need to fill up the tank once a year to top it off and add fuel conditioner while the same cheap used EV I've been driving for a decade has provided the rest without having to spend a penny on it for repairs aside from one set of tires, a few pairs of wiper blades, washer fluid, some cabin air filters and some brake flushes which are just maintenance items. No special stops for fuel so I can go straight home and plug into the outlet under the front overhang to charge it up every few days or so without having to install any special equipment. The hybrid though many may clamor for it and insist they absolutely need it is really only actually needed by a very relatively few people who live in remote areas and travel far outside those communities every day. Many who do actually live in remote areas still work in a local diner, fuel station, garage, etc within 30 miles round trip of their homes and really only travel outside that a handful of times a year. I understand that many are rabid about needing much more however when you look into their actual life situation its just for the most part based on unfounded anxiety and hype but not one a real demonstrable need except for in a relatively few cases compared to the 300 million plus people in North America. I know since I was one who was under the impression that I needed much, much more but after 10 years living with a moderate range EV I found I was wrong and was just listening to Oil Company Mantra and a Very Highly Vocal Minority. Best!

Reminds me of a similar story of the lady engineer for the Pontiac Aztec. We all know how that one turned out.

this is not a new idea, hundreds of SAE papers on hybrid diesels..

toyota hilux diesel hybrid lol

I'm with you, but for the half ton market

I'll see your Ranger and raise you an Express van/camper. My other car is a Volt, so I know what I want. And if it makes a 4wd conversion possible, well, that's just more incentive to buy.

❤😢I'm with you on the little Ranger diesel electric.

+1

Ram did, about a year ago

Ha, I didn't write to them because I was sure they already knew as locomotives have been using the technology for some time. I was sure they were already working on it.

Run Z3 ev with generator Dieselectric Dislecric

How's that 2.8 Cummins crate engine? It's a straight 4 banger right? Is it strong? Turboed or NA? What about emissions? Is it all choked down with DPF, SCR, EGR, & all that bs? I've only heard a lil bit about it a while ago. 👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔩🔧🤔😃🍻

How is the MPG on each? I’m doing a 6x6 Land Cruiser 80 with a 12 valve Cummins. (Building a Doomsday truck that can run on black and bio diesel)

Engine is 4 cylinder turbo charged with EGR and DPF filter. It is a great engine for a daily driver for a half ton pickup. It tows my Kubota BX23 on a trailer just fine and gets 17 MPG while pulling.@@tdotw77

The one ton pickup with 6BT 12 valve is loaded with HVAC tools and gets 19 MPG. The half ton is a recent build, pulled out the 6.2 Detroit Diesel and replaced with R2.8. I needed the truck to move From Tacoma Washington to Nashville Tennessee pulling a trailer, so I only know it gets 17 MPG pulling a trailer. Without a load it seems to be around 25 MPG but that has been all local driving, haven't tried a long drive on freeway enough to know for sure@@devil2jz500

Look up RG Letourneau

Even I am thinking in that line too. Here in India, we have trucks that are not too powerful and because truckers don't earn good money they are not able to change the vehicles periodically. So if something like locomotive engines could be developed in a small footprint at least we can avoid and reduce pollution.

Appx the time the 2nd gen Ram was on the drawing board, I saw an article, either in a Jeep/truck/offroad mag or maybe popular science or popular mechanics for a project called the Dodge Contractor that Chrysler just never made. This guy’s truck will be essentially the real-life rendition of that idea. About time, I say.

I think its more of a reliability issue for vehicles than trains. A trains running conditions are considerably more standard and controlled than the a daily driver. I'm happy to see them taking the initiative and developing this technology.

Because its a bad idea. Trains are extremely efficient because they run on rails, not so much because of their hybrid powertrain. Using electricity to power the drive motors instead of a direct mechanical means like old steam locomotives gives you a significant amount of flexibility and a powerband that starts at 0 rpm. It simplifies things, making them less expensive and less maintenance intensive. But if you're going to do this in a pickup, you not only need a large diesel engine, you also need batteries to smooth out power delivery and big electric motors. The additional cost is not going to result in great improvements in efficiency because you're still running down the road on tires. You also don't have the benefit of massive trains loaded full of freight that pays you to haul it around.

@@Clean97gti I think a parallel hybrid makes way more sense, do you agree?

I hope you get the chance!

This is exciting technology and it’s amazing to see what intelligent people who care about the environment can do. Also, if we could get the billions of people who live in China and Southeast Asia and India to put a catalytic converter on their car, we wouldn’t be even discussing this. Civilized countries are jumping through hoops and their people paying for it so we can reduce the 2% of overall global emissions that we contribute by 0.5%. I’m looking forward to watching this develop and supporting it but it’s important to keep it in perspective.

Awesome. Some numbers for you: Current full EV trucks get around 2 miles per kWh at highway speeds (70mph). That’s 35kW average power. Double that for long-distance towing. So a 70kW generator would be in order; say a 120HP engine, to account for conversion losses.

A quick search for 70kw generators tells me we need a new design. Most of them are pulled on a trailer. I'm sure this audience has a solution.

Dang, I forgot I used to see engines sitting on stands running out in the farm fields on the outskirts of Phoenix years ago. Thanks!

I used to have an Isuzu Trooper with a 4 cylinder turbodiesel, and an S-10 with an Isuzu diesel, and one of my work trucks is an NPR. Everything else could be falling apart around that engine and it would still run. Plus, GM doesn't want the general public to know this, but a lot of their diesel technology is from joint ventures with Isuzu.

I built a generator out of a Land Rover 2.5l normally aspirated diesel and 22kw genset. Although it hasn't seen much action, it's simple, reliable and different than all the rest.

The old slant 6 , with 4 mains , is indestructible !

Where do the EV idiots think the electricity is generated? Hybrid is the best way I think. The new diesels get worse mpg's than the older ones. My 96 12 valve 5.9 gets 22mpg. My 2018 f350 srw 6.7 gets 16mpg..emissions just chokes the systems..fact !

There are several gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, including the Chevy Volt & the new Ram EV Pickup. An added generator on an EV is also known as a range extender.

The word is series hybrid. In europe diesel hybrid cars are the next common hybrid from a gasoline engined hybrid. Series hybrids are rare though. The Volt/Ampera, BMW i3.

@rkan2 This is the type that I've thought all along is the obvious bridge between ICE & BEV. But the activists are unwilling to allow anything but all-electric. It's unfortunate. No credit is given for these bridge vehicles.

"natural gas or coal powerplants"...renewables are cheaper now.

@@jaaklucas1329 Unfortunately they are not. There are also no renewables that are reliable 24/7. Coal is far and away the cheapest reliable power source. That's why China, responsible for 90% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and even higher percentage of toxic gases is breaking ground on something like 10 new coal power plants a month 😮. Without the after treatment that we use here. Nuclear is the only way to increase power production by the 300% required for light duty EVs to replace all the US registered vehicles on the road. However, the materials for today's battery technology simply don't exist in sufficient quantities. Not to mention they are more toxic than acid rain of the last century. Hybrid is the only solution until someone figures out a way to use hydrogen or ammonia effectively. It's all smoke and mirrors for political gain and profit. None of it is actually feasible at this point in time. Hybrids for battery take off and rapid acceleration is the best possible answer right now. Anyone with an avg economy and instant economy display can see that taking off from a stop eats up most of the fuel. Acceleration and going up hill is second. Electric assist the right way could almost double the mpg of cars.

@@jaaklucas1329 I never said it was the best, just that's factually where most electricity comes from in the US. Kentucky is dirtier to run a model 3 LR than a Honda Fit hybrid in emissions volume. Based on powerplant emissions.

@@curvs4me Totally understand,I know Kentucky is coal country. Coal=jobs= political lack of will to change. My point is the people in Kentucky have options now. Thermal coal bad news for the air.We do still need metallurgical coal for making steel for now.

Have you tried Yamaha?

In full agreement here in Tampa! Would love to be on the sales end of these!

I looked at doing an EV swap for my Jeep but once I started pricing it out, I just bought the R2.8. I might make an electric buggy sometime, but the R2.8 is amazing if you drive around and wish you had torque and don’t care about hp. Even bigger gas V8s don’t have much torque until much higher RPMs.

why change that '94 at all...pick a truck that had a pos drive train to convert to electric

@bugoutjeep8065 what kind of mileage are you getting out of that?

@John5ive Amen, amen. Replacing the transmission with a generator, though, so that the 22RE just runs where it loves to run, that seems like it'd be worth doing. The ability to pull 78KW to run maybe a snowblower(???) could be a gamechanger.