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The range extender would act as a generator, recharging the battery of the vehicle using a small motor.
It looks deceptively like a toolbox, but it could be used to increase the range of the upcoming electric F-150 pickup truck.
This disclosure details electrified vehicles that are equipped with removable generators for increasing the electric range of the vehicles. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a cargo space, such as a truck bed, and a generator removably positioned within the cargo space. The generator is adapted to selectively supply power for either charging a battery pack of the electrified vehicle or for propelling one or more vehicle drive wheels. In some embodiments, the generator is shaped like, and therefore disguised as, a toolbox.
Ford Patents Range Extender That Could Go in F-150 Electric Pickup (caranddriver.com)
It looks deceptively like a toolbox, but it could be used to increase the range of the upcoming electric F-150 pickup truck.
This disclosure details electrified vehicles that are equipped with removable generators for increasing the electric range of the vehicles. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a cargo space, such as a truck bed, and a generator removably positioned within the cargo space. The generator is adapted to selectively supply power for either charging a battery pack of the electrified vehicle or for propelling one or more vehicle drive wheels. In some embodiments, the generator is shaped like, and therefore disguised as, a toolbox.
Ford Patents Range Extender That Could Go in F-150 Electric Pickup (caranddriver.com)
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