06Fargo wrote:
So why don't trucking companies use a couple light weight Eco motors:
remove 1 big heavy expensive oil change diesel that makes 450hp & 1650lb-ft of torque that doesn't matter...
replace with 2 x 365HP Eco's that would make 730hp, but still deliver 420lbs-ft of torque down the drive line... but that doesn't matter - so this arrangement will "smoke" the big lazy 15 litre ISX ...
right?
Think of the payload increase getting that 3000lbs diesel out of there...
The change will come with a 400 hp electric motor combined with a smaller diesel or even natural gas. Electric will draw on the lithium battery to climb and will be used to recharge and provide braking on the decent.
I think Greyhound had some buses with two engines back in the 1960s. Apparently that did not pan out for low cost.
