Dino juice v Electrons....
Towing just got longer....A LOT LONGER...(and harder) Well....I guess it would work.....if you're retired....and like to wait around at charging stations half of your life.....and like to play soli...
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shelbyfv wrote:
It's probably true that there are some clueless simpletons in the RV community, same as anywhere. Thankfully, folks who make a living developing high tech didn't get there with low brain power. Most of us couldn't get through second year college math, much less engineering school or an advanced degree in any science. I'm optimistic because I know smarter people are out there working on solutions. Less so when I ponder if the rest of us will have the judgement to accept them.
Unfortunately, the marketing and eco-warriors are dominating the EV promotion, not the engineers.
When you get people who do understand the math discussing it, EVs have a limited use case. Commuter cars, sure. Short range, light cargo delivery trucks, sure. School busses that go back to a yard to be recharged for several hours twice a day, sure.
When they go up against the longer range capabilities of ICE, it's not even close and no big technological change is on the horizon.
Of course, those limited use cases are not inconsequential. Probably 25-40% of personal vehicles could be changed over. Lots of families with multiple cars and a garage to charge them overnight in. With multiple cars in the family, keeping a long range ICE and a commuter EV is very much viable...just not particularly relevant to RVing.
