Ford Patents Roof Mounted Battery for EV Bronco & Other Electric / PHEV Vehicles

[Texasliam]

I prefer my batteries slung low, thank you very much!

Do your batteries hang low… can you swing then too and fro?

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[BroncoPls!]

They need to patent a small Overland Trailer with an auxiliary battery pack extender. I'm already spooked by off camber situations in my 2 door as it is!

 

[7sKnuckledragger]

You dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth's crust for just one EV battery. Hybrid and EV will one day be looked at as one of the most awful things we have done to this planet, but hey if we can get the opportunity to virtue signal environmentalism it's worth it
I'm sure the "Artisanal Miners' in the Congo digging up our cobalt appreciate it.

**Disclosure I know fossil fuels aren't the best either.

 

[SasBLSven]

I want a diesel/EV hybrid Bronco

 

[DUSTYcazOREGON]

I'm looking around for the gas powered vehicle power plants that are 20 lbs, cost under a grand and go 400 miles. Do you have a link to one maybe?

The draw back to EV's (currently, hopefully it changes with technology); do not hold a charge long enough, battery is too heavy (if that weight was reduced think of the range the vehicle would get), battery replacement cost is very high, fire suppression issues. My neighbor after a 3 year wait got a Rivian truck. He sold it after three months. It would not hold a charge for a 150 mile round trip. It also cost him $1K for an electrician to wire his home up for it. IMO, the tech is just not there yet. For an off-road vehicle....are we going to have charging stations in the mountains and desert?

 

[HotdogThud]

are we going to have charging stations in the mountains and desert?

No, of course not.

But to use the argument of "It's not ridiculously cheap and yet better in every measurable way, thus we should just give up and never use it" is disingenuous. That's like saying "Oh, I wanted a new fridge, but what was out there had the same features, didn't make ice out of thin air, and didn't cost 90% less than my current fridge, so new fridges just aren't worth it."

 

[Tabman10]

Keep in mind that sometimes companies patent ideas that don't make it to production just to keep others from being able to use the idea (at least without paying for it). A nice heavy battery up top would do wonders for the vehicle dynamics - especially with nice soft off-road suspension...

 

[AZ_Liberty]

First I did not read all 4 pages so maybe someone has mentioned this but………..

This seems a bit odd to me. Ford is going to mount a battery to the roof to extend the range. This coming from the same company who did not allow a rack for the top of a Sasquatch model because of it would exceed the rating of the Bronc. I

Ford isn't going to "DO" anything. They are trying to patent the idea of a roof mounted battery extender for electric vehicles.

They are simply using a render of a Bronco as an example. The example also uses the CCS1 connector which Ford plans to stop using next year. The drawings in patent applications are not meant to be taken as actual designs. They are there to explain what the patent is supposed to cover.

 

[TurkeyRun]

So... wait a minute... I remember ordering my '21 Badlands. There was NO roof rack option. Something about being to heavy on top.

 

[Roofus]

 

[Razorbak86]

@Administrator, attached is the full 6-page document, which adds the following information:

• Additional Figures
• Technical Field
• Background
• Summary
• Brief Description of the Figures
• Detailed Description

Please add this to the opening post for additional information.

 

[JaxGtc]

I think it is an interesting idea. Surprisingly nobody thought to patent it sooner. A "juice pack" for vehicles has some very intriguing possibilities. Could you imagine swapping the battery pack out like you were going to a blue rhino gas exchange? Lets say you don't use it daily, but rent one only when you need to go on a road trip. The aftermarket for different batter options would be cool as well. Run out of juice and a smaller sized one of these could be your gas can to get you down the road and to the next exit.

 

[OrangecrushBronco]

Lol. Watch out for the garage clearances,branches and overpasses. No top storage. Good luck with lifting these. Top heavy Tip hazard? No removable top. When they leak look out below! The hybrid is likely an inevitability but this is a NO for me and hopefully EV/hybrid won't be the only option. Seems more viable for the Sport

 

[fr8ycat]

Love watching people have a meltdown over something that doesn't exist.

 

[Rspayde]

It used to take a mob to flip a car now all it takes is a four year old and a slight breeze.

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