Bison electric truck
It looks like a Canadian mfg Havelaar has plans to build a electric truck called the Bison.
Forum Discussion
agesilaus wrote:
The problem is this: chemical batteries (lithium for one) are already operating near their electrochemical theoretical limit. There aren't going to be any future batteries that are half the size and weight and twice the energy storage capacity for example. They may improve charging speed and other factors like that however.
Any serious improvements will come from a different technology if any. Running charging strips down the center of highways or something like that. Hydrogen is not likely to be the breakthru tech tho.
Agree on the hydrogen thing. Electricity is everywhere and its easy to improve the environmental impact of the producing source as well as being able to produce it locally at the household or driveway level. But yah, although the density is improving with the lithium approach it is supposedly within about 30 percent of the best it will be. Having said that for many light truck and car applications it is already fine. Existing 400 km ranges for EV's are already fine for many and really even our 200 KM range is more than we need. B class motorhome would have to have a solid 300 KM for us though for our RVing style. Interesting times.
