The ODYSSEY® Battery BIGFOOT® #20, the world's first electric monster truck, carries a custom-designed 2012 fiberglass body and includes a battery-powered electric motor, which was designed and built by Dennis Berube of Phoenix to wield high-horsepower and high-RPM capabilities. Three banks of 10 ODYSSEY® batteries power the engine for a total of 360 Volts. The additional six ODYSSEY® batteries power the brakes and steering systems. Other custom features include onboard battery chargers and a variable-speed programmable speed controller.
Each of the 36 ODYSSEY® PC1200 batteries that power the ODYSSEY® Battery BIGFOOT® #20 Monster Truck weighs 38.2 pounds, but provides 1,200 five-second pulse hot cranking amps (PHCA), as well as 540 cold-cranking amps (CCA), 78 minutes of reserve capacity and 400 cycles of deep cycle capability at 80 percent depth of discharge (DOD).
Odyssey Battery BIGFOOT #20 made it's public debut on October 30, 2012 at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. On November 8th, 2012, it crushed cars for the first time (see video below).You can see the world's first electric monster truck on tour throughout the US in 2013!
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