With the climate controls in the back, perhaps we load the water, heat it up, and have ourselves a traveling hot tub.
Ahh yes. My bad. A time-traveling hot tub. I look forward to the day.Just need a flux capacitor and you'd have a hot tub time machine!
Just don't fill the bed up too much! If you fill the whole bed up, that's approximately 426 gallons.. Or 3,600lbs of water. That's with an assumed 2ft high bed. It might be deeper! Throw in some full grown adults in your impromptu hot tub and now you've really maxed out your payload capacity.Use water instead of rocks. Fill it up on top of the hill and then have remote release to let it out whilst driving along when you get down. Water will make its way down the hill anyway might as well use the hydro power...
Looks like a job for Phil SwiftOn the one side it all sounds preposterous to have a hot tub in the back, but it might be a viable option to have. The only thing I don't like is that it will not play nice with the power plugs in the back. You wouldn't be able to fill it of course either to stay within payload, and not loose it all while you drive. But you could possibly run the heat through a heat exchanger on the HVAC. Dunno.... still sounds dumb, but some people love them hot tubs.
On using water to go downhill, sadly not that much in it 1000kg of water down 500m only gives you 4.9MJ or about 1.36kWh.
But on the amphibious vehicle side of things, to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if it was, or at a minimum someone could make it float. A kit with a bilge pump for the frunk, cabin and bed. inflatable door seals for the frunk, cabin doors and tailgate, a couple of sensors to monitor water level (would be good to have for water fording anyway - maybe vision based? Only software then) and then a little 8kW "troll" motor on the rear hitch plugged into the inverter output, with electric steering. (You can get them off the shelf at the troll store) ?
Or just chuck one of these in the under bed storage:
Many comments here from folks who know a good bit more than I do. I’ll just say I’m hoping the 600 mi range is real because I’d very much like to get 300 mi pulling a trailer.610 mile range confirmed because reasons.
You guys seem to know all there is to know about electric motors. I have a question. I won't live long enough to wear out a motor on my Tesla but what do you think a rebuilt motor will cost? Assuming a core trade and without considering installation. (unless it can only be done at a dealership/service center)One thing that is going to be nice about the Crims is that they are going to quieter. The PMSRM's are actually pretty noisy in comparison to an IM.
Most likely they will fail quickly or last for decades. In the case of the former, hopefully warrantee. If it lasts decades, it will likely be a scrap yard part. (Assuming whatever mess this planet is in when it happens still has scrap yards)You guys seem to know all there is to know about electric motors. I have a question. I won't live long enough to wear out a motor on my Tesla but what do you think a rebuilt motor will cost? Assuming a core trade and without considering installation. (unless it can only be done at a dealership/service center)
Yes, I know a whole lot about this stuff.You guys seem to know all there is to know about electric motors.
“The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing.” - Socrates
I expect it is going to be expensive. As Musk revealed when he introduced these at the Plaid reveal the rotor requires special equipment for winding the carbon filament. Beyond that it is made by injecting molten copper into a mold and this requires special molds which can tolerate the high temperatures (most motors of this type use cast aluminum).I have a question. I won't live long enough to wear out a motor on my Tesla but what do you think a rebuilt motor will cost? Assuming a core trade and without considering installation. (unless it can only be done at a dealership/service center)
take your pick.... https://www.ebay.com/b/Tesla-Electric-Vehicle-Motors/177708/bn_117238119You guys seem to know all there is to know about electric motors. I have a question. I won't live long enough to wear out a motor on my Tesla but what do you think a rebuilt motor will cost? Assuming a core trade and without considering installation. (unless it can only be done at a dealership/service center)
There are lots of after market Tesla modifiers and repair companies already.I don't think we will be taking these motors to Joe's Electric and Taxidermy for repair.
I throw a lot of stuff in my truck bed and stuff happens. Bags of concrete break, if you load up mulch, it gets everywhere. I wouldn't want seals on the gate because I know they would get torn up. Almost every time I wash my truck I have to sweep out the bed and there is a surprising amount of debris. If I took a picture of my truck bed right now you would laugh. my neighbor was moving out and I knew they were struggling to get the trash out so I told them to just throw any trash in my truck and I would take it and dump it. Its piled 5' high with junk.I actually was wondering how sealed the bed tailgate would be and up to what level. Obviously it has to be waterproof when it is left open, and no water is allowed to collect in the vault cover roll up space. Which means it would have to drain sommewhere too. Hopefully theres some bungs in there too so we can still use it as an amphibious vehicle. Maybe they'll have a bilge pump?