Legality of my project, converting truck over to electric.

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{"text":"I'll preface this by saying I have no idea where to ask this, because this overlaps a lot of topics. Just for fun, I'm converting a crapped out, POS truck with no value over to electric, and I fully expect to need over a thousand pounds worth of batteries to do more than just crawl around my pro\nNow, as far as I know, lithium-ion batteries are Class 9 Hazmat when over 1,001 pounds, but there's trucks on the market and being tested that have such batteries in large quantities, namely the Tesla Semi. So, at what point would the DOT consider the battery pack \"cargo\" and thus require placards?\n\nI apologize if this is just jacked ignorance on my part, though I did not know where or even how to look for this info. Google isn't friendly for this sort of thing sometimes.\n\nP.S. If anyone wants to know why I'd build such a thing even as a hobby, or if I'm really off my rocker, I'd be happy to address that at another time.","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"Batteries will be phased out eventually. It seems to be another example of monetary influence. The most logical, which has also made some great advancements in technology and safety, are high capacity capacitors. Also called super or ultra capacitors. A hell of a lot lighter and less hazardous material. A littler bit or extra electronics is needed to regulate, plus a transformer or two, but not too much. Personally, I'm a big fan or redundancies. Also, if you go the electric route look into multiple power sources. Solar is still a not quite there yet. but put a few turbines on some high output alternators to charge while driving and it can add an extra 80 percent drive time, if otr. I wish you all the best. I like the Stanley Myers route of a water engine, but I'm a Texan. We don't really have the -20's here. Laters."}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I'm sure FMCSA will have a set of separate regulations and safety standards for the electric power trucks . you might want to check with them before you start your build","replyToPid":0}