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Gold Hills Posse 4×4 Club · Folsom, CA

electric Jeep?

  1. buckallred Member Joined: October 2016
    #19 Dec 2016, 1:14 AM

    Kind of cool, but I'll pass. What do you do when it runs out of juice out on the trail?

    http://gas2.org/2016/12/08/electric-jeep-tackles-the-tough-trails-like-a-boss-w-video/

    Buck & Katie
  2. kris_olof Trailmaster Joined: October 2015
    #29 Dec 2016, 2:31 AM
    buckallred said Kind of cool, but I'll pass. What do you do when it runs out of juice out on the trail?   http://gas2.org/2016/12/08/electric-jeep-tackles-the-tough-trails-like-a-boss-w-video/  

    Put out the solar panels and camp.  Not so easy to make gasoline in the woods.

    Glimpse of the future right there.  Good to see someone is addressing fleet electrification impacts to crawling.  I am curious how driving style will have to change because when you let off the throttle in a basic electric vehicle the thing is essentially in neutral.  2 foot driving anywhere with hills?  Write software so the ABS pump locks the brakes when you let off?  So many questions.

  3. buckallred started this Member Joined: October 2016
    #39 Dec 2016, 3:16 AM
    kris_olof said

    I am curious how driving style will have to change because when you let off the throttle in a basic electric vehicle the thing is essentially in neutral.  2 foot driving anywhere with hills?  Write software so the ABS pump locks the brakes when you let off?  So many questions.  

    All very good points. And I don't want to be a Luddite, but more computer-controlled stuff is kind of a bummer because it's more expensive equipment that can break or malfunction, and it also limits or greatly complicates modifications. . . But maybe they'll make it so cool that it actually functions dependably and is an improvement. . .

    Buck & Katie
  4. Gregulator Member Joined: February 2012
    #49 Dec 2016, 5:43 AM

    ProComp brought an all electric JK to SEMA that I didn't get the low down on but manage to look in under the hood.  It is an interesting setup and I'll be curious to see what it means for the future.

    Um...what?
  5. davesjk Subscriber
    #59 Dec 2016, 8:22 AM
    buckallred said Kind of cool, but I'll pass. What do you do when it runs out of juice out on the trail?   http://gas2.org/2016/12/08/electric-jeep-tackles-the-tough-trails-like-a-boss-w-video/  

    the Jeep is like those old flashlights that you shake to make more power.  so the more your rock crawling bouncing back and forth the power it makes 😂

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  6. Josh Subscriber
    #69 Dec 2016, 10:05 AM
    buckallred said Kind of cool, but I'll pass. What do you do when it runs out of juice out on the trail?   http://gas2.org/2016/12/08/electric-jeep-tackles-the-tough-trails-like-a-boss-w-video/  

    Bust out your solar panels!!!

    Semper Fi
  7. richfroh Subscriber
    #79 Dec 2016, 1:26 PM
    kris_olof said

    Put out the solar panels and camp.  Not so easy to make gasoline in the woods.

     

    Glimpse of the future right there.  Good to see someone is addressing fleet electrification impacts to crawling.  I am curious how driving style will have to change because when you let off the throttle in a basic electric vehicle the thing is essentially in neutral.  2 foot driving anywhere with hills?  Write software so the ABS pump locks the brakes when you let off?  So many questions.  

    kris_olof said  I am curious how driving style will have to change because when you let off the throttle in a basic electric vehicle the thing is essentially in neutral. 

    Electric vehicles can be equipped with regenerative braking which feels like engine compression braking when you let off the gas. Sometimes this is stronger than in gas engines. This will feel very similar to gas engine with an automatic transmission.

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