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Good news for us!Ford also announced extensive re-charging network.Am watching development on the first-to-market for electric pick up for a towing truck.

Curious how the CCC numbers will work out. Teslas batteries weigh over 1200 lbs, don't know what these will weigh but have to believe it will be a lot more, am curious if you can put much in one, especially after filling a fresh water tank.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:Good news for us!Ford also announced extensive re-charging network.Am watching development on the first-to-market for electric pick up for a towing truck.I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. It's going to be several years before any electric truck will be able to both haul a big load, and get a range of several hundred miles. Most likely will happen, but it's a ways in the future.

Given that motorhomes already have generators, and a battery pack, would it not be relatively simple to enhance both of those systems to provide an on demand source supplemental power on hills or merging into traffic?Some transmissions have a provision for a PTO shaft. Maybe it would be possible to hook up an electric motor to the shaft and add power to the drive train through it.A robust generator (10k watts?) and a substantial lithium battery pack could provide a possible source of additional power as needed.I would be interested to see if that was possible.

Orcadrvr wrote:Given that motorhomes already have generators, and a battery pack, would it not be relatively simple to enhance both of those systems to provide an on demand source supplemental power on hills or merging into traffic?Some transmissions have a provision for a PTO shaft. Maybe it would be possible to hook up an electric motor to the shaft and add power to the drive train through it.A robust generator (10k watts?) and a substantial lithium battery pack could provide a possible source of additional power as needed.I would be interested to see if that was possible.I don’t know. I think it would be simpler just to add a 20 Kw diesel in a hush box for a back up method of charging and leave the whole drive train electric. Do most of your charging at DCFC or for those who stay a couple days or longer just charge in the camp site. Meter the pedestal.

Winnebago investing heavily in Electric powertrains

fj12ryder
Explorer III
Oct 18, 2019
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
Good news for us!

Ford also announced extensive re-charging network.

Am watching development on the first-to-market for electric pick up for a towing truck.
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. It's going to be several years before any electric truck will be able to both haul a big load, and get a range of several hundred miles. Most likely will happen, but it's a ways in the future.
wanderingaimles
Explorer
Oct 18, 2019
Curious how the CCC numbers will work out. Teslas batteries weigh over 1200 lbs, don't know what these will weigh but have to believe it will be a lot more, am curious if you can put much in one, especially after filling a fresh water tank.
Yosemite_Sam1
Explorer
Oct 18, 2019
Good news for us!

Ford also announced extensive re-charging network.

Am watching development on the first-to-market for electric pick up for a towing truck.

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