Ford F-150 Electric Pickup May Get Newly Patented Range Extender in Its Bed

[Flying68]

14 minutes ago, valve said:

 

Isn't this what a "boxer" engine uses, as found in Porsche and Subaru?

No, boxer engines are just like regular engines, except the cylinders are flat instead of inline or in a V.  They still have heads and valves.  Boxers are better for air cooled engines because the layout lets you get maximum airflow over each cylinder (aircraft, motorcycles, and old Bugs).

[akirby]

2 minutes ago, valve said:

 

Isn't this what a "boxer" engine uses, as found in Porsche 

 

 

There are many opposed piston designs where some share a combustion chamber and some have 2 or more crankshafts.

 

The main difference between a flat or opposed piston engine and a boxer engine is that the boxer pistons have separate crank pins and move in opposite directions while the flat engine pistons share a crankpin and move in the same direction.

[akirby]

13 minutes ago, Flying68 said:

No, boxer engines are just like regular engines, except the cylinders are flat instead of inline or in a V.  They still have heads and valves.  Boxers are better for air cooled engines because the layout lets you get maximum airflow over each cylinder (aircraft, motorcycles, and old Bugs).

Boxers are not the same as a flat v style engine due to how the pistons connect to the crankshaft.  See my previous post.

[twintornados]

Fellas, all the speculation of what type of ICE motor is going to be used is moot....I fully believe that Ford will come up with a power option that will be (if you'll excuse the pun) outside the box type thinking.

 

https://www.wattfuelcell.com/portable-power/watt-imperium/

 

 

Edited October 8, 2020 by twintornados

[akirby]

30 minutes ago, twintornados said:

Fellas, all the speculation of what type of ICE motor is going to be used is moot....I fully believe that Ford will come up with a power option that will be (if you'll excuse the pun) outside the box type thinking.

 

https://www.wattfuelcell.com/portable-power/watt-imperium/

 

[SoonerLS]

FWIW, our work vans use gasoline-powered generators to run the equipment we need. They normally run 6-8 hours per day, so they could do the job as a range extender, but their maintenance schedule is a lot more like a 1930s vintage car than a modern car. Ain’t nobody got time fo dat these days. 
 

Using something like those tiny EcoBoosts with their modern maintenance intervals would go a loooong way toward making them more palatable. 

[jpd80]

1 hour ago, twintornados said:

Fellas, all the speculation of what type of ICE motor is going to be used is moot....I fully believe that Ford will come up with a power option that will be (if you'll excuse the pun) outside the box type thinking.

 

https://www.wattfuelcell.com/portable-power/watt-imperium/

 

 

Correct and without going on and on,

all I was trying to point out was that the power plant doesn't need to be as big as some might think.

Ford has thought of every contingency and obviously has a good workable solution that we're all dying to see.

Edited October 8, 2020 by jpd80

[silvrsvt]

Speaking of Mazda and the rotary engine 

 

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119109_mazda-rotary-returns-in-2022-as-range-extender-for-mx-30?ta=&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A Trending Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0GGe69e6foeblJ5RZc8MgHjyCJMV1TsWFtBQ0HMKgqMIW3cx-jD8msb7Q

 

No details though.