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10-03-2018, 05:53 PM

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At a show-and-shine a few years back, a guy showed up with a Rabbit EV conversion (that had been done by the State of Oregon) with a Rabbit trailer.

Gotta be Mr Sharkey. He made two such pushers.

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10-03-2018, 07:46 PM	#82 (permalink)
redpoint5 Human Environmentalist Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,742 Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX 90 day: 24.19 mpg (US) Lafawnda - CBR600 - '01 Honda CBR600 F4i 90 day: 47.32 mpg (US) Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base 90 day: 21.82 mpg (US) Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2 90 day: 17.14 mpg (US) Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD Pacifica Hybrid - '21 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 90 day: 85.85 mpg (US) Thanks: 4,316 Thanked 4,469 Times in 3,434 Posts	I say the solution is to not use an EV on long trips. Everyone I know has an ICE vehicle, so plenty to temporarily trade with. My family has more than 1 vehicle anyhow, so one of them can remain an ICE. A good compromise is a PHEV. __________________ Gas and Electric Vehicle Cost of Ownership Calculator Give me absolute safety, or give me death!

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Tahoe_Hybrid Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2019 Location: California Posts: 513 2020 - '08 Chevy Tahoe H Last 3: 18.4 mpg (US) 2021 - '08 Chevy Tahoe H 90 day: 17.08 mpg (US) 2022 - '08 chevy Tahoe LT Last 3: 14.38 mpg (US) 2023 - '08 Chevy Tahoe Last 3: 22.61 mpg (US) 2024 - '08 Chevy Tahoe 90 day: 22.35 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 105 Times in 96 Posts	i know this is old but what if you used one of those Toyota highlander electric motors? ( REAR differential electric motors?) it's 67 HP and 96 ft-torque

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,519 Thanks: 8,070 Thanked 8,870 Times in 7,322 Posts	EcoModder Forum > EcoModding > Fossil Fuel Free > Hot-rodding the Toyota MGR Put a trailer hitch on a Type III subframe. Voila! __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.

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