Some musings on future power trains
As an owner of a 32ft DP with a Cummins 6.7 diesel and two F150 pickup trucks with 3.5 Ecoboost engines I have long felt that the Ecoboost outperforms the Cummins used in this application, is quieter ...
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BB_TX wrote:garyemunson wrote:
What I expect to see is once Tesla starts outputting their electric semis, electric Class As will appear. Probably first as an alternative to high end Diesels, then filtering down to gas units as the price decreases.
I agree. It may take 20-30 years, but eventually most all vehicles, even the heavy haulers, will migrate to all electric.
I am looking for something that could happen in my lifetime and for a reasonable price, maybe even a cost reduction. And it also would work in government parks and even boondocking. I don't foresee the feds or most other government parks shelling out the money for the required upgrades. My experience in most federal parks is that the vast majority of their campsites don't have any power run to them. Our political climate and preoccupation of providing for the poor seems to be preventing any campground upgrades, even for those willing to pay for them. I am trying not be political but federal campgrounds have been underfunded for years under all administrations and we have to be real. Finally, I enjoy boondocking and the Ecoboost is quieter than any generator that I have heard.
