All-electric Ford Ranger EV on eBay
EBay is one of the better places to shop for electric vehicles these days (recent up tick in scam offers notwithstanding). Aside from EV Finder's classifieds, there aren't many other places you can get an all-electric Ford Ranger, that's for sure. There is currently a Ford Ranger EV up for auction with a bid of $7,600 (but the reserve price has not yet been met).
The truck, with about 50,000 miles on it, is being sold by Blue Sky Motors in California. The refurbished lead acid batteries have been in the vehicle for the last 2,000 miles and are currently good for between 25-30 miles of daily driving. The rear axle 90 Hp AC induction motor can move the car to 50 mph in about 12 seconds and the top speed is limited to 75 mph. No charger is included, though you can buy one from Blue Sky for $300. Is there a warranty? You wish. The auction ends next week.
[Source: eBay]
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Howard Lee Harkness 4:55PM (12/08/2006)
Well, it's *almost* the vehicle I really want. For about $600, I could mount an 8KW diesel generator in the back to get the range I need (about 60 miles/day now, but will be about 75-80 starting in January, until I can arrange to move closer to work)... But then I'd have to figure out how to get the generator to shut down when full charge is reached, along with some other engineering problems. Do-able, but time-consuming and not for free.
LiON has a much better energy/weight than PbSO4, so if I did buy something like that, I would want to eventually convert it to run on the NanoSafe or something similar.
I'll be watching the auction, though. I also sell stuff on ebay (not cars). I would guess that the reserve is somewhere around $8,000 or 9,000, which would probably be a pretty good price for that truck. This vehicle will probably go for more than $10,000.
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RichC 10:36PM (12/08/2006)
You gotta love the estimated range - "43 miles" ... what, can't use tenths? Hmm ... probably round up from 42.6 miles.
:-D
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Howard Lee Harkness 3:27PM (12/09/2006)
I see that the owner has posted a BIN of $15,000. A little on the high side, but he may well get that much. The bids are already over $12k, and the reserve has not been met yet.
More than I would pay, but I wish the seller luck. If it goes for a really ridiculous price, that will create more of a buzz for EVs, which can't hurt the cause.
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