The British Finally Came In And Fixed The Mustang. Engineers in the UK have created 499 fully electric Mustangs, and I want one.

https://jalopnik.com ^ | MARCH 9, 2022 | By Owen Bellwood

[katana]

Ah, yes ... Lucas Electric, aka The Prince of Darkness (and under the bonnet fires)

[roving]

Just make sure to park it in some empty lot, so your house doesn’t burn down.

[Who is John Galt?]

“Fixed” as in neutered?

(My thought, exactly... ;>)

[JimRed]

In before the first “I hope it’s not Lucas” comment.

[clintonh8r]

Just because a thing can be done does not mean that it should be done.

Amen.

[ByteMercenary]

You have described exactly how the general public will eventually accept ‘electric’ vehicles - a small diesel or ICE driving an onboard generator which powers electric motor driven wheels and charges a small battery for the auto electronics.

The big stumbling block for many is the recharge time and range. A 5 minute fill-up compared to an 8 hour plug-in recharge is a deal breaker. With a hybrid arrangement like this range is not an issue.

At this time I thing only Toyota offers a configuration that approaches this solution but I expect other vehicle makers to offer this as well.

[eyeamok]

185 no problem, lots of room left

[TexasGator]

“Just make sure to park it in some empty lot, so your house doesn’t burn down.”

Do you keep all your battery powered devices in an empty lot?

Everyday, over 500 ICE vehicles burst into flames.

[Hot Tabasco]

I know my first thought is to turn to the British and those folks at Lucas.

LOL! I had a 78 MGB, worst piece of crap I've ever purchased in my life.....

[Olog-hai]

Sounds like what the railroads have been running since the 1930s.

[Hot Tabasco]

Most charging is done at night while sleeping.

Not if you live in an apartment building

[kvanbrunt2]

I dunno, freight trains seem to do okay. Can’t tell me that they don’t have heavy torque needs.>>> not with batteries. Diesel rules the day.. so much so that locomotive engines are used to power some of the carribean islands. I think Barts has one.

[rlmorel]

OMG, here we go again!

“Lucas, the Father of Darkness...”

I used to own an MG Midget, so I get it!

[rlmorel]

Love it.

I adore threads like this...:)

[Moltke]

has a range of 200 miles and or will do zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds

Fixed it. If you're doing 0-60 runs like that, you're not going 200 miles.

[TexasGator]

Do you live in an apartment?

[Charles Martel]

Those repop unibody assemblies are coming from Taiwan, IIRC. Many of them need to have welds separated and rocker panels and frame extensions straightened and re-welded, just for the car to track straight.

I think I'll keep my original solid-lifter 289 version.

[Moltke]

the torque of electric motors is unbelievable, even at 0 RPM.

Not "even" at 0 RPM - that is where electric cars develop their peak torque.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1111678_how-do-electric-cars-produce-maximum-torque-instantly

[Moltke]

Prince. Lucas is known as the Prince of Darkness.

[Tommy Revolts]

‘68 Fastback...Beautiful!