So... old thread is obliterated, and I'm back from my central american road trip/vacation that lasted a month.
Recap:
I have a gutted V8 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which I currently use as a flat towed trailer, I fill all my goodies into the jeep, and travel throughout north/central america.
I was hoping for a 1 mile range to allow the jeep to be parked in a secured parking area when in town that I can't fit my truck and the jeep attached, which is pretty much every smaller town in any central american country. I typically have been parking outside of town, and detaching outside of town and drive into town in my 3500HD truck, but if I could, I would split the car responsibilities with my wife, and both enter town, park the Jeep in a secured parking, and go on about our day.
I was lucky enough this trip to find a good parking spot in Chiapas to park while I went into Guatemala/El Salvador for a week.
But again, I find this issue when I was in the mountainous areas of Tabasco/Veracruz where moving the Jeep was difficult, and ended up using the truck to just ram the Jeep into a spot as needed.
Requirements:
1 ~ 2 mile range.
Speed is not a big requirement, but 45mph would be nice to have. I can deal with 5~ 10mph as driving through a very busy town, or trying to find parking doesn't require much speed.
I still have the transfercase, and would like to keep it for the 4x4 features that would help me park in rougher terrain, especially if I want to climb a rock and park on it as well.
I still have the automatic transmission as well, but I'd prefer selling it, it's there for the meantime, I've attached cables to it so that the connectors aren't damaged, all tubes are kept above the engine area, breathers.
Battery tech would love to have something handle 12v deep cycle, but with the option to use Li-Ion that I've been salvaging. I'd like to use tech that would support a better motor
In my previous thread, I was suggested to run off of the starter only; this is not possible, the automatic transmission needs a LOT more RPMs than what a starter motor can do. Yes I know this can be done on a manual transmission, not something I have.
Now I'm back to square one, I have the car, I have no clue how to pick out a motor, and I came here to choose a motor + motor controller, and to be told what battery tech + charger to use. From knowing the motor, controller, and what kind of battery and charger to use, I can move on from that, and see about wiring it all up.
I had been considering using my li-ion batteries to just set up a large series with many BMS with balance charging and discharge protection, and wire those up in parallel to provide a good 12v to run 2 12v motors to the transmission to keep me satisfied, but I would have the problem of not having a controller to manage the 12v motors. I have no clue how to pair things up.
ideas?