The ticking time bomb under the hood
Two of my friends had the Bosch CP4 high pressure fuel pump grenade in their 2012 F350s with the 6.7 liter Diesel. It took out the entire fuel system and injectors. Both trucks had over 130,000 mil...
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adamis wrote:
The next generation of Super Duty's will probably be some sort of Series Hybrid system, 4 Electric Motors at the wheels with a battery pack coupled with a small 4 cylinder turbo diesel tuned to run at constant RPM as needed to keep the battery packs topped off. While it will be a departure from what we are used to, I think the power and reliability of these types of trucks will far exceed the current capabilities after a couple of generations of refinement.
That type of hybrid works well in stop&go traffic and is widely used in city buses. You will see it in Yosemite Park shuttles.
But on highway cruising batteries discharge fast and become dead weight.
I think the way technology goes, all we need a little bit batteries and 1 hr recharge stations to go full electric.
Knowing you come from Nevada, the city of Beatty, NV (read Area 51) has a dozen of Tesla charging stations. Never seen anybody using it when gas stations usually have waiting lanes.
