First practical EV 4x4 maybe?

**Woof** · 28th January 2019, 09:56 PM

Never will I own a battery powered car. I can get one from BigW for $15

**garett** · 29th January 2019, 05:05 AM

but I already have a battery ute, its 4wd solid axles, 4 link front and rear, locked diffs … only one draw back its a little smallish.

**MudRunnerTD** · 29th January 2019, 08:50 AM

Seen some preview stuff on this thing but seriously!! Its real!!! Its coming! And OMG its Awesome!!!! If you havent watched the full 20mins do yourself a favour!! The journalist was speechless at the end! Literally Speechless!

**Hodge** · 29th January 2019, 08:52 AM

Bring it to the high country for a day and see how it goes

**BillsGU** · 29th January 2019, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Hodge

Bring it to the high country for a day and see how it goes

Better still - let me take it to the High Country for a week or so .............................

**Winnie** · 29th January 2019, 02:53 PM

The problem I see with is, is that we love adding things to our cars that use a lot of electrical power... Big lights, winches etc. Every winch recovery or night drive is going to majorly impact on your battery capacity.
Maybe we could use small internal combustion engines to power a hydraulic pump for winching?

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**mudnut** · 29th January 2019, 03:14 PM

There you go @Winnie. You could design a complete package for EV 4x4s. A 4 stroke chainsaw that can be fitted to a hydraulic winch and / or a generator with an electric winch.

**Winnie** · 29th January 2019, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by mudnut

There you go @Winnie. You could design a complete package for EV 4x4s. A 4 stroke chainsaw that can be fitted to a hydraulic winch and / or a generator with an electric winch.

That's not saving the planet though!

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**mudnut** · 29th January 2019, 03:17 PM

Neither are EVs, though.

**10G** · 29th January 2019, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by mudnut

600km range. Well that is half a journey from me to anywhere, unless I install a generator in the back!!

You could put ya solar panels over the lovely sunroof.

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