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12-14-2012, 11:01 AM
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One of the best parts about watching a monster truck (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/monster+truck/) show is hearing (and feeling) the engines roar to life, but one of the sport's most iconic trucks is proving that car-crushing fun doesn't have to involve burning even a drop of gasoline (or alcohol, as the case may be). Odyssey Battery and Bigfoot (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bigfoot/) have teamed up to create what they are claiming to be the world's first electric monster truck.
EnerSys, parent company of Odyssey Battery, supplied 36 drycell batteries (upgraded versions of a standard car battery) to provide juice to a specially designed motor that produces 350 horsepower and 850 pound-feet of torque - far less than the 1,000+ hp produced by today's average monster truck. Instead of roaring to life, the electric Bigfoot No. 20 quietly whirs around the parking, which in the video makes it sound like a life-sized Power Wheels, before laying waste to a couple of down-and-out Ford Taurus sedans. Like the monster trucks you can see at just about any stadium around the country, this Bigfoot has tires that make crushing cars easy and four-wheel steering for better maneuverability. In all, the truck's 36 batteries add an extra 1,375 pounds, and while the system includes on-board battery chargers, there is no word on how long such a job would take.
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One of the best parts about watching a monster truck (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/monster+truck/) show is hearing (and feeling) the engines roar to life, but one of the sport's most iconic trucks is proving that car-crushing fun doesn't have to involve burning even a drop of gasoline (or alcohol, as the case may be). Odyssey Battery and Bigfoot (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bigfoot/) have teamed up to create what they are claiming to be the world's first electric monster truck.
EnerSys, parent company of Odyssey Battery, supplied 36 drycell batteries (upgraded versions of a standard car battery) to provide juice to a specially designed motor that produces 350 horsepower and 850 pound-feet of torque - far less than the 1,000+ hp produced by today's average monster truck. Instead of roaring to life, the electric Bigfoot No. 20 quietly whirs around the parking, which in the video makes it sound like a life-sized Power Wheels, before laying waste to a couple of down-and-out Ford Taurus sedans. Like the monster trucks you can see at just about any stadium around the country, this Bigfoot has tires that make crushing cars easy and four-wheel steering for better maneuverability. In all, the truck's 36 batteries add an extra 1,375 pounds, and while the system includes on-board battery chargers, there is no word on how long such a job would take.
Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2012/12/13/watch-the-worlds-first-all-electric-monster-truck-quietly-crush/#continued) to watch the all-electric Ford Super Duty (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-series+super+duty/) Bigfoot become a silent destroyer, just don't expect this truck to be in competition anytime soon as it's just expected to be a display or parade vehicle for the time being.Continue reading Watch the world's first all-electric monster truck quietly crush some cars (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/14/watch-the-worlds-first-all-electric-monster-truck-quietly-crush/)
Watch the world's first all-electric monster truck quietly crush some cars (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/14/watch-the-worlds-first-all-electric-monster-truck-quietly-crush/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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