Legality of my project, converting truck over to electric.

I'm sure it would be treated as the natural gas trucks are, which I have no idea about either.

 

First off the batteries are not cargo. Therefore not hazmat otherwise you would see Telsa cars placarded. God only knows what big batteries they run off of.

Gettysburg Battlefield Tours used to run or still runs LNG Buses and those are not placarded. (Im reaching way back here...) because the fuel itself is fuel, not cargo like People.

I understand about the weight. But consider the cost to your electric bill to charge all them batteries one time or many times a month. You might find having a diesel farm truck as you stay run around your property a cheaper option.

Registering a vehicle for public roads probably falls within the old experimental category. And probably impacts your ability or cost to insure same. That might depend on the title to that old truck, if it is a salvage one or regular.

The early big rigs that are being built out of electric only etc. They do not have the range to cross the Nation nor is there chargers big enough fast enough to feed them anywhere. You can probably buy it but after a few hundred miles at 80000 it's dead and needs charging. I don't know of any place you can charge something that big and still keep your appointments in a timely manner.

That is all I can think of for now.

 

Make them small nuke plants, then see the 4 wheelers mess with you.

 

Legal to do, as mentioned the batteries are batteries not hazmat.

There are a group of people near by my Detroit yard that is doing an electric conversion with two class 8 and a class 7 truck, they also have two hydraulic hybrid trucks on the road and they claim to get 17 mpg out of those trucks under a load.

They are doing this with private money, some big rich auto exec is sponsoring them quietly.

 

Class 9 doesn't need placards or endorsement.

 

Or a truck that runs on plastic, it cleans up the junk on the road as it goes.

 

Electric motors powered by a generator turned by steam created from an incinerator fed a fuel supply of pee jugs and poo bags.