General thoughts on Hybrids
SLIGHTLY off topic as I'm asking more about T(oad)Vs rather than T(ow)Vs. BUT, this is the motorhead sub-forum - engines and drive trains and MPGs and all that fun stuff. What do "we" think abou...
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JRscooby wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
If you have a self driving car...why tow at all. Just have it drive to your destination and wait for you to arrive.
This would fit better with manufacturers as a self driving car would be viable for 100% of model sales.
Yes, but when you catch up with your car, but the battery is dead. With the car tailgating the MH, would not use much power. And I don't know when totally self driving will be on the market, but from what I have seen the cars are doing more of the driving. Bell, I was driving legally for 6 years before I bought something with automatic transmission. LOL
If I just got done with a 5hr drive, I probably don't want to get in another vehicle and drive a couple more hours anyway. Plug in for the night and in the morning we are charged.
PS: Car following is already here. More like 10-20ft spacing but that will still get you a 30-50% reduction in power requirements. 10yr ago I was in a semi doing that on live freeways at a conference. Biggest holdup is liability concerns. They were focused on trucks as fuel is one of the largest costs for trucking companies but they also figured it would help with crash reductions.
