Jumping off the Diesel Bandwagon - UPDATED
Well, after two Cummins diesels that I thoroughly enjoyed, I am going to place a factory order for a RAM 2500 with the 6.4L Hemi, 4.10 gears, rear air suspension, Laramie and plenty of added options. ...
Forum Discussion
BenK wrote:
That might be short lived...as electric motors can do it now (more torque than
diesel and sooner in the RPM range...like +300% torque at ZERO RPM). Issue is
all in the storage IP...not there yet for towing
Plus no need for a tranny (either manual or automatic)...maybe an over drive
gear box. No gear box if weakened field is employed, but then that then reduces
torque (withing duty cycle rating...reduce duty cycle and amount of torque
in a weakened field state can be higher)
Torque management will be in the electric motor controller
+1 for moving to electric when available. viamotors.com has a light duty electric drive with gas range extender now but you are still $80,000+ at this point.
