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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For $1900 more than the ICE engine the power boost F-150 makes a lot of sense to me, not so much when towing up hills but for the rest of the time when you are not towing which is most of the time. I think an optional battery pack that fits in the bed of the pickup that would make it a plug-in hybrid to use when electric is free or lower cost than gas regeneration would make it even better. For a couples TT that weighs 4000 lbs or less I think it would be ideal. If you need to tow more, the heavy battery pack can be removed to increase the capacity. Each year the payload and towing capacity seems to increase anyway through weight reduction and chassis improvements.
