Heavy Duty Electric Trucks are Coming...
I saw this article yesterday. An all electric truck with a 35,000lb towing capacity and a 5000lb payload capacity. They are discussing quad cab and dually versions as well. Range (unloaded presumably)...
Forum Discussion
Nobody is going to ask us if we like it or not...
I see great chances with electric cars and (light) trucks. Like no local emissions in congested and residential areas.
And a lot of challenges. Like charging in a housing area where you park in the street and not in your own garage. They will probably be overcome, one by one, as has usually been the case. Maybe battery technology is only a year away from the next great discovery. Maybe hydrogen turns out to be a game changer. Who can know? For the most part, I am just along for the ride as a passenger.
Electric is probably not for every usage, unlike gas or diesel, which work anywhere with minimal infrastructure, and short or long range alike.
I have clear requirements for my daily driver which are currently not really met by the market. But the market is emerging quickly, and who knows what will be out there in 2 or 5 years?
Those that say, where to dispose of all the batteries: Current technology is disposing of the combustion products through the exhaust, into the open. And the batteries will have more than one use and can be recycled at the end of their lifetime. If we so chose.
Those that say they can not imagine an electric RV, being parked in the boondocks: What do you do today? You keep enough fuel in the tank to get back into civilisation. What would change? Just don't park it with an empty battery. A few hundred watts of solar could even help to top off your batteries while camped. The range is not quite there yet to make it work for all of us, and maybe it never will. But that doesn't mean it can't make sense for anyone.
I see great chances with electric cars and (light) trucks. Like no local emissions in congested and residential areas.
And a lot of challenges. Like charging in a housing area where you park in the street and not in your own garage. They will probably be overcome, one by one, as has usually been the case. Maybe battery technology is only a year away from the next great discovery. Maybe hydrogen turns out to be a game changer. Who can know? For the most part, I am just along for the ride as a passenger.
Electric is probably not for every usage, unlike gas or diesel, which work anywhere with minimal infrastructure, and short or long range alike.
I have clear requirements for my daily driver which are currently not really met by the market. But the market is emerging quickly, and who knows what will be out there in 2 or 5 years?
Those that say, where to dispose of all the batteries: Current technology is disposing of the combustion products through the exhaust, into the open. And the batteries will have more than one use and can be recycled at the end of their lifetime. If we so chose.
Those that say they can not imagine an electric RV, being parked in the boondocks: What do you do today? You keep enough fuel in the tank to get back into civilisation. What would change? Just don't park it with an empty battery. A few hundred watts of solar could even help to top off your batteries while camped. The range is not quite there yet to make it work for all of us, and maybe it never will. But that doesn't mean it can't make sense for anyone.
