Electric truck - tow vehicle of future ?

valhalla360 wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

But yah I hear what you are saying. If you want to really see something depressing go to a drag strip and watch the Teslas knock off half million dollar lamborghinis in the quarter mile. 7 passenger complete with kid seats and cup holders handing lamborghinis and Ferraris their assets...and all in total silence...and a five star safety rating. Ouch

Of course, this is the one performance metric where it does well but is the least road relevant test.

10 laps on the nurberg ring and I'd put my money on a base Ford Focus.

I do find talk about fumes and noise funny. I've had diesel 1 ton trucks idle up behind me in parking lots and surprise me. Modern cars are incredibly quiet and short of sniffing the tailpipe, you really can't smell anything.

You don't need 10 laps. It couldn't even make it 1 lap under full power.

My cell phone won't even make it a day without running out of power and some of you are talking electric class 8's. LOL, good luck with that. 100 mile range, LMAO.

John & Angela wrote:

But yah I hear what you are saying. If you want to really see something depressing go to a drag strip and watch the Teslas knock off half million dollar lamborghinis in the quarter mile. 7 passenger complete with kid seats and cup holders handing lamborghinis and Ferraris their assets...and all in total silence...and a five star safety rating. Ouch

Of course, this is the one performance metric where it does well but is the least road relevant test.

10 laps on the nurberg ring and I'd put my money on a base Ford Focus.

I do find talk about fumes and noise funny. I've had diesel 1 ton trucks idle up behind me in parking lots and surprise me. Modern cars are incredibly quiet and short of sniffing the tailpipe, you really can't smell anything.

Bionic Man wrote:
Good points about the sound of a V8, and the feel of shifting through gears..................if you are an enthusiast. Which is a small % of the population. Compare how many Corvettes are sold vs Toyota Camry. And in the Vettes, look further to how many are manual transmissions.

I am not saying I disagree with you, because personally I feel the same way about a car (although I am partial to the sound of the 6 cylinder in my Porsche). But we are a small (and shrinking) % of the auto market.

Electric vehicles will have a growing market share in the future. If they get the batteries figured out.

I think it would be great to run all the urban hipster downtown vehicles on batteries, but sht man, I'm in my early 40s and if there's a day I can't drop the hammer on a big V8 or diesel and can't rip thru a powdery meadow on a tank of C12, take a ride across the lake with a warmed up small block pushing me or go jeepin in Ouray because there's no plug in on Engineeer Pass..........just plant my arse in the dirt!!

Bionic Man wrote:
Electric vehicles will have a growing market share in the future. If they get the batteries figured out.

I'm helping out in that regard. Got an li battery pack for the coach.

Good points about the sound of a V8, and the feel of shifting through gears..................if you are an enthusiast. Which is a small % of the population. Compare how many Corvettes are sold vs Toyota Camry. And in the Vettes, look further to how many are manual transmissions.

I am not saying I disagree with you, because personally I feel the same way about a car (although I am partial to the sound of the 6 cylinder in my Porsche). But we are a small (and shrinking) % of the auto market.

Electric vehicles will have a growing market share in the future. If they get the batteries figured out.

Bedlam wrote:
You'll have run Ford's Active Noise Control in your electric car to get that engine sound you crave.

Heh heh. Both our electric vehicles have by law an artificial sound projected forward from a speaker so that people can hear it coming but it cuts out at 30 KMH. Our one car kinda sounds like a silon warrior from Battlestar galactica. The other is kind of a higher pitched whiny whistle. I know some people disable them but they don't really bother us.

I think there is an aftermarket company that has a bunch of manufacturers car sounds you can add to your Tesla. I imagine it would be kinda funny to see a Tesla and hear the sound of a Ferrari. :)

You'll have run Ford's Active Noise Control in your electric car to get that engine sound you crave.

Scania in Sweden is experimenting with this Trolleybus like Semi

The world´s first electric road is being inaugurated near the city of Gävle in central Sweden, the result of a unique partnership demonstrating the path towards fossil-free transportation. Scania is supplying with the electrically-powered trucks, which will operate under real traffic conditions.

Opening today, 22 June, the two-kilometre strip on the E16 motorway sees electrified trucks from Scania driven in open traffic, using conductive technology developed by Siemens.

The beauty of the new technology, which is the result of several years of cooperation between the Swedish Government and the private sector, is that it permits the trucks to operate as electric vehicles when on the electrified road and as regular hybrid vehicles at other times. All the Scania trucks on the road are hybrid and Euro 6-certified, running on biofuel.

ShinerBock wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

Well, I hear ya. Former trans am owner etc. But a few years ago we took our first EV for a drive and kinda really really liked it. Now both are vehicles are electric and I am always amazed at how clunky ICE vehicles feel now. We have also got hypersensitive to exhaust fumes not to mention our garage doesn't smell like a, well, garage anymore.

But yah I hear what you are saying. If you want to really see something depressing go to a drag strip and watch the Teslas knock off half million dollar lamborghinis in the quarter mile. 7 passenger complete with kid seats and cup holders handing lamborghinis and Ferraris their assets...and all in total silence...and a five star safety rating. Ouch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnNEuxqoPo


One of my friends is the mobile Tesla technician for the south Texas area. I have driven in one and they are quick, but what I am talking about has nothing to do with quarter mile times or epeen paper numbers contests. It is the experience of it all. The sound of the engine comeing to life, the excitement of shifting through the gears, the smell of high octane fuel, or the feel of the road through the steering wheel. Heck, I would even take a Mazda Miata down a winding road over a Tesla.


Maybe it is just because I am a car guy or something else, but the downsides of an ICE to you are the plus sides to me. As I said before....to each their own.

Yah, I kinda get that. But I don't think you have to worry. There will be at least for the next generation or two lots of enthusiasts like you that will continue to enjoy the ICE vehicle experience. Kinda cool.

Here is a youtube clip....and yah, the lambo sounds great. But keep in mind that is a Tesla 7 passenger SUV with a 5000 pound tow rating sooo....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnNEuxqoPo

John & Angela wrote:

Well, I hear ya. Former trans am owner etc. But a few years ago we took our first EV for a drive and kinda really really liked it. Now both are vehicles are electric and I am always amazed at how clunky ICE vehicles feel now. We have also got hypersensitive to exhaust fumes not to mention our garage doesn't smell like a, well, garage anymore.

But yah I hear what you are saying. If you want to really see something depressing go to a drag strip and watch the Teslas knock off half million dollar lamborghinis in the quarter mile. 7 passenger complete with kid seats and cup holders handing lamborghinis and Ferraris their assets...and all in total silence...and a five star safety rating. Ouch

One of my friends is the mobile Tesla technician for the south Texas area. I have driven in one and they are quick, but what I am talking about has nothing to do with quarter mile times or epeen paper numbers contests. It is the experience of it all. The sound of the engine comeing to life, the excitement of shifting through the gears, the smell of high octane fuel, or the feel of the road through the steering wheel. Heck, I would even take a Mazda Miata down a winding road over a Tesla.


Maybe it is just because I am a car guy or something else, but the downsides of an ICE to you are the plus sides to me. As I said before....to each their own.