Electric truck - tow vehicle of future ?
Interesting article about an electric Class 7 truck . Begs the question, are electric powered heavy duty pickups...ready for HD towing service... far behind ? Range right now is somewhat limite...
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Not always politics...
Some times it has to do with rebates/tax incentives/etc...to even tax credits by whatever entity trying to get this going
Windgenerators had full IRS tax credits up to $100,000.00 back in the early 80's
They had to 'fly' and generate electricity by midnight December 31st...can't remember the exact year
Limiting factors back then were the available workers out in those tiny towns and cranes.
Plenty of fly by night OEMs...we made tons on the tax credit sales and even more fixing all of the busted flyby night units (insurance work)
Ditto current climate in California for solar, which is going away soon, if not already
PS...for electric powered vehicles...using HP as a gauge skews it a bit. Wondering which metric will become the standard that the general public will both accept and understand
Electrics are better for stop and go than long cruising distances where the power storage become a bigger factor...that full to a few times 100% torque at zero RPM vs ICE's zero torque at zero RPM situation
Some times it has to do with rebates/tax incentives/etc...to even tax credits by whatever entity trying to get this going
Windgenerators had full IRS tax credits up to $100,000.00 back in the early 80's
They had to 'fly' and generate electricity by midnight December 31st...can't remember the exact year
Limiting factors back then were the available workers out in those tiny towns and cranes.
Plenty of fly by night OEMs...we made tons on the tax credit sales and even more fixing all of the busted flyby night units (insurance work)
Ditto current climate in California for solar, which is going away soon, if not already
PS...for electric powered vehicles...using HP as a gauge skews it a bit. Wondering which metric will become the standard that the general public will both accept and understand
Electrics are better for stop and go than long cruising distances where the power storage become a bigger factor...that full to a few times 100% torque at zero RPM vs ICE's zero torque at zero RPM situation
