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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ktmrfs wrote:
discussion of EV vehicles reminds me of the discussions about the first diesel trucks non turbo and how they would never be accepted by the masses, only good for economy.
Now, the energy density of hydrocarbon liquid fuel is a tough one to match either on a volume or weight standpoint. But I suspect that at some point in the not to distant future EV pickups for towing will become practical. As for charging, already for cars they are down to 15 minutes for 250-300 miles instead of overnight.
yes there are lots of infrastucture issues, charging issues, energy density issues to overcome. I suspect the current crop of EV pickups will do well with local construction companies etc. that put on 100 or less miles/day around town.
When we see UPS EV local delivery trucks we will be a long way towards practical EV MD trucks.
Except it reminds me nothing of the intro of light duty diesels. For every single reason I can think of.
To sum it up, the only reason early diesels weren’t practical was because they lacked power. They weren’t “new” technology per se, they didn’t require any meaningful change to the “grid” or in their case fuel supply.
They weren’t range limited. Just underpowered that’s all.
