The Ford F-100 Eluminator is a DYI electrical pickup

Now here’s a custom truck.

Ford has transformed a 1978 F-100 Custom pickup to electrical vitality utilizing a contemporary motor that’s now on sale for automobile builders.

Ford swapped the F-100’s 302 cubic-inch V8 drivetrain for a pair of Eluminator e-crate motors which would possibly well be the the same ones outdated in the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Version SUV.

The motors are rated at 281 hp and 317 lb-toes of torque each and gives the truck a combined output of 480 horsepower and 634 lb-toes on this configuration.

The Eluminators are priced at $3,900 each and require a traction inverter, vitality controls and battery to characteristic, which are probably to be not currently on hand in the Ford Performance catalog, however will most probably be added at a later date.

For the F-100 originate, which made its debut at the SEMA (Distinctiveness Instruments Market Affiliation) Level to in Las Vegas, Ford borrowed the 88 kilowatt-hour battery and required electronics from a Mustang Mach-E.

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The F-100’s refreshed interior also factors the digital instrument cluster, touchscreen infotainment plan uncover, seats and steering wheel from the Mustang Mach-E, with the hub on the wheel embossed with an F-100 stamp.

There used to be also ample room left in the engine bay to suit a entrance trunk, or “frunk” savor many well-liked electrical autos occupy currently, at the side of subsequent one year’s F-150 Lightning production electrical pickup.