Is this the future for Class A's?

Sure it could easily be the future for trucks, and probably autonomous as well and easily within my generation.

RVs would be interesting - as their entire independance and self containment relies heavily on the diesel fueled power plants and even diesel heat for sustained stay off the grid. I don't think Solar will ever be capable of replacing that on 100 percent electric units.

Bumpyroad wrote:

Chainwright wrote:

Chainwright wrote:
Same Negativity, Pessimism and narrow minded speculation as with the Prius and Nissan leaf when they first came out. But look at them now, 1/3 the market is hybrids and EVs. My mother in law is 95. She tells me about all the BS they were talking about the model T when it came out. Look at Ford now. I'm glad so many folks here got it all figured out. With that kind of pessimistic know it all we won't get anywhere. LOL.

Tesla's new Truck:
the specs are:
By itself. 0 - 60 mph in 5 secs
With 80.000 max load trailer 0 -60 in 20 seconds.
65 MPH full rated load at 5 percent grade
500 mile range rated load.
Charges 400 miles in 30 minutes.
1 million mile warranty.
Never needs brake pads.
Available 2019. There are two sizes.
battery pack specs for 400-500 mile range, rough capacity of 1,000 kWh
megachargers will be available adding 400 miles of range on the Tesla Semi in just 30 minutes.
Experts are speculating on a price tag of around $250,000 (slap a cabin on it for $150k and $50k to put the Newmar or Fleetwood or Winnebago name on it and you got a coach for $450K. And if you think $250 is to cheap well hey double it and make it $500K then $200k in additions plus the name, now you got a MH for 750K, still less then a King Aire, Prevost or Newell, just to name a few.)

do you have an app available that shows charging stations for this across the country, how about out in nowheresville Nevada?
but if they can actually build such a thing, why is the battery system not in use for Normal cars etc. NOW which would have to have a 1,000 mile range?
bumpy

Good morning Bumpy. If you are talking about an App for electric vehicles like cars there are 6 or 7 apps but most are provider specific. SO for example chargepoint shows there chargers. Flo shows there chargers etc. There is one App that many of use called plugshare. It is crowd sourced and covers all suppliers including Tesla. You filter out what you don't want to see so it isn't as cluttered. So for example if you are on a monthly plan with a provider, (some are 19.95 for all the power you need) then you only want to look at them. If you bought a Nissan Leaf and want to see only the free fast charge sites from them then that is what you set it to do. Its handy. Here is a link. There are new sites showing up literally everyday. And of course remember most do 90 percent of their charging at home in their driveway at night.

https://www.plugshare.com/

Size and weight and cost are what stop these battery packs in all EV's. A bolt has a 60 KWH pack and costs 37000. A Leaf (standard) has a 40 KWH pack and costs 30,000. You get the idea.

Hope that helps Bumpy. Have great day.

John

Bumpyroad wrote:

but if they can actually build such a thing, why is the battery system not in use for Normal cars etc. NOW which would have to have a 1,000 mile range?
bumpy

I would imagine it's the same reasons that cars today don't have tanks that hold hundreds of gallons of fuel: space and weight (and probably also cost) constraints. If my car had the fuel tank capacity of a typical semi tractor (somewhere around 300+ gallons, I believe), I would have a range of 12,000 miles between fill-ups, and would know it was time to buy more gas when it was time to change the engine oil.

Chainwright wrote:

Chainwright wrote:
Same Negativity, Pessimism and narrow minded speculation as with the Prius and Nissan leaf when they first came out. But look at them now, 1/3 the market is hybrids and EVs. My mother in law is 95. She tells me about all the BS they were talking about the model T when it came out. Look at Ford now. I'm glad so many folks here got it all figured out. With that kind of pessimistic know it all we won't get anywhere. LOL.

Tesla's new Truck:
the specs are:
By itself. 0 - 60 mph in 5 secs
With 80.000 max load trailer 0 -60 in 20 seconds.
65 MPH full rated load at 5 percent grade
500 mile range rated load.
Charges 400 miles in 30 minutes.
1 million mile warranty.
Never needs brake pads.
Available 2019. There are two sizes.
battery pack specs for 400-500 mile range, rough capacity of 1,000 kWh
megachargers will be available adding 400 miles of range on the Tesla Semi in just 30 minutes.
Experts are speculating on a price tag of around $250,000 (slap a cabin on it for $150k and $50k to put the Newmar or Fleetwood or Winnebago name on it and you got a coach for $450K. And if you think $250 is to cheap well hey double it and make it $500K then $200k in additions plus the name, now you got a MH for 750K, still less then a King Aire, Prevost or Newell, just to name a few.)

do you have an app available that shows charging stations for this across the country, how about out in nowheresville Nevada?
but if they can actually build such a thing, why is the battery system not in use for Normal cars etc. NOW which would have to have a 1,000 mile range?
bumpy

The future of the MH is obsolescence. The transporter will beam you from NY to Seattle or to Saturn Colony.

Chainwright wrote:
Same Negativity, Pessimism and narrow minded speculation as with the Prius and Nissan leaf when they first came out. But look at them now, 1/3 the market is hybrids and EVs. My mother in law is 95. She tells me about all the BS they were talking about the model T when it came out. Look at Ford now. I'm glad so many folks here got it all figured out. With that kind of pessimistic know it all we won't get anywhere. LOL.

Well said. the president of the Michigan Savings Bank infamously told Rackham "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad,"

Early Ford investor

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I figured that someone would go a diesel/electric hybrid big rig before all electric. Sort of like how trains are powered now.
This is also one of those things that the infrastructure will have to be in place before it catches on with many over the road truckers. Terminal to terminal is one thing but cross country private loads are different.

Agreed. Elon addressed that though. The purchasers of the truck also purchase megachargers for installation at their participting depots. A sufficiently sized depot would allow for a robust roof solar installation providing power to recharge the trucks. Agreed that it is a ways out for private trucking. Flying J has some investing to do. :)

I figured that someone would go a diesel/electric hybrid big rig before all electric. Sort of like how trains are powered now.
This is also one of those things that the infrastructure will have to be in place before it catches on with many over the road truckers. Terminal to terminal is one thing but cross country private loads are different.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
500 miles on a single charge for a fully loaded big rig.
Click Here

personally I don't see electric vehicles as the future of anything in any of our life times

rgatijnet1 wrote:
> Is this the future for Class A's?

500 miles on a single charge for a fully loaded big rig.
Click Here

I sure hope so. Not sure I could afford a Tesla RV but maybe the chassis for another builder to finish.

https://www.tesla.com/semi/