Kei Truck… Cordless! | The Drill Battery EV

Take a tiny Japanese kei truck, swap in an overpowered Hyper 9 electric motor, power it with Tesla Model S battery modules… and then build a giant, (almost) functional drill battery to hide it all? Meet Ron “Mr. G” Grosinger, high school auto & metal shop teacher by day, EV conversion evangelist by night. In this episode, we check out his 1999 Daihatsu Hijet, a four-wheel-drive mini truck that went from 40 horsepower to five times that, with all the EV guts proudly on display. From the hand-carved foam “battery” shell to the rolling Unistrut mount that reveals the entire conversion at shows, this project is equal parts engineering, teaching tool, and rolling conversation starter and 100% badass! Check out our Converted to Electric playlist here: https://tinyurl.com/EVCONVS Turn on notifications so you don’t miss the next drop! 🚨 SAVE up to $1,000/£500/500€ or Get several months' worth of Free FSD on a new Tesla! Use my referral link: https://tinyurl.com/TSLACODE 🚨 Follow us on Instagram for more behind-the-scenes: @outrunyt Train to become an EV tech in the USA or Europe/UK: USA: https://legacyev.com/pages/education Europe: https://www.fellten.com/training SUBSCRIBE for more world-first builds and EV restomods!