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Originally Posted by Christ
For an EV hybrid, I thought about using a 2-piece driveshaft, with a dual-shaft electric motor between the two shafts. When there is no current, it will only induce as much drag as the weight and frictional losses from the bearings (negligible), but when I need extra power, or when I want to run EV only, I can throttle the E-Motor up and use it. (I'll use one that at full speed will only take me about 25 MPH, hopefully.)
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Just make sure that you can't exceed the maximum RPM of the electric motor at the maximum speed of the truck. A double-shafted DC motor should do fine. If you wanted more traction for snow, you could theoretically put in the diff/axles from the front of a 4WD and drive them separately with the EM.
One thing about rear discs--they tend to drag a little more than drums. Probably won't notice it on a gasser, but it has been brought up often on the EVDL.