Just for fun - RV's in 30 years...

smkettner wrote:
If you need more let me know.

Guess it depends on who you believe.

Must be a conspiracy because even Green Car say's the figures are optimistic at best!

Funny; Edmonds say's the same thing.

Seems a lot of reviewers that drive a Tesla problems with range.

Top-gear 1........Tesla 0


Believe what you want but a lot of reviews had problems with range when testing the Tesla. Not only that but your $120,000.00 car can turn into a $40,000.00 brick!


We are talking about tow vehicles here; not some aluminum clad little car. It takes a lot of energy to pull a hill at 55 mph while towing a trailer. Even that little car was reported, when you floor it, you lose 1 mile/ second! :E

I have to disagree. IMO a 250hp diesel + 200hp electric should easily be more fuel efficient than a 500hp diesel. And try to imagine pulling in or out of a campground on silent electric instead of hearing all the complaints of idling diesels and the fumes.

Well ya!!! But who on earth needs 500 HP to tow a trailer? There is a lot of big rigs that have less than that and they tow 80K all over the country with no problems. The new diesels are just as quite as a gas engine and there is no fumes with a DEF and SCR.

My 200HP diesel only gets 12 MPG average towing my 26 foot TT. And that is with no fuel burning DPF. A battery pack for a Tesla is 40 grand and that is for a tiny car. Double that for a big truck. :E Even if it gets 1 to 2 miles/ gallon better how long do you think it will take to pay off a $140,000.00 pickup in fuel savings?

Bottom line is, electric vehicles are great for in town driving where you have to drive 30 or 40 miles to work each day. They work great! Out on the road they flat suck. Even then, without subsidies hardly any would be sold because they are so expensive and heavy.