[Tell It Right]

Ford already tried that with an electric crate motor a couple of years ago. They announced it with some of the fanfare they did with the Lightning. They showed it off by putting it in a 1978 F-100 truck.

But I've heard of no one actually doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOX6ibyuPs

[Yo-Yo]

Ford already tried that with an electric crate motor a couple of years ago. They announced it with some of the fanfare they did with the Lightning. They showed it off by putting it in a 1978 F-100 truck.

But I've heard of no one actually doing it.

Came here for this. The problem with both Ford's and Chevrolet's e-crate motors is that it was just the motor. No power motor drive inverter, no speed controller, no computer, no battery options, no charging system. Nothing but a bare bones electric motor.

had either one of them offered an end-to-end solution, or just all the proper bits to work with their motor, they might have taken off.

Most people today who want to electrify a classic car will just steal the guts out of a wrecked Tesla instead, which is a complete EV package.

Here's a company that does just that to many classic European cars (they're base https://www.youtube.com/@ElectricClassicCars

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But I've heard of no one actually doing it....

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