Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tombie

Must be a QLD thing.

Maybe, but the younger brigade prefer V8 Cruisers with a shooter's spotlight on the roof and a dog cage on the tray, they don't have a dog and have never been past the post office.

Today I had the batteries on my power system replaced, and all the above discussion on double cab utes becomes relevant, especially the possibility of replacing it with an EV.

They came from Sydney (nominally, actually came from another job in Newcastle) and tonight headed home to Sydney (about 360km).

They were in a DC Ford ute, with a lovely body on the back, with the roof about 150mm higher than the cab, and with large gull wing doors both sides and the back, and a drawer under the tray at the back. It was stacked full of drawers on one and a half sides, and the remaining space fillled with various stuff that does not fit into drawers, including two heavy roller cases full of tools, a starlink system, an inverter to run it, my new batteries (a bit under a quarter of a tonne) and the new heavy DC cabling. Their personal gear was in the rear seat. Four wheel drive was essential as was adequate ground clearance and range in "off grid" areas.

As far as I am aware there are no EVs that are even close to this - is ths correct?