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If cars are computers on wheels now, seems time to buy a case and components and put it together instead of just gettin' a Dell.

Ford's electric crate motor is out now: https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE

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As far as I know they still don't sell a wiring harness or battery for it, though. So you either have to yoink parts from a dead Mach-E or F-150 Lightning or adapt existing parts to poorly suit the conversion. They've been selling very few of them because of this, and Ford's legal department's too scared to actually sell battery cells that would fit in place of gas tanks or whatever.

Why are they scared to do that?

Liability. If someone installs the battery or wiring harness incorrectly there's any number of things that could go wrong. You don't want to be sued over a battery fire if someone shortcuts wiring or venting things properly. There's a double standard in that you can buy a Ford 532 crate engine and it'll come with the wiring harness and fuel system with an "approved for off-road use only" disclaimer simply because people have been doing engine swaps and self repair since the dawn of the automobile.

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