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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Kayteg1 wrote:
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.
I used to think that about hybrids, until I bought one. I once thought a Prius was basically just a 1.8L engine driven vehicle during extended highway travel. I couldn't have been more wrong. I can easily get 50+ mpg driving highway speeds. You don't actually have to touch the brakes to send a charge back into the batteries. Every time you go down a hill or allow the vehicle to slow due to traffic is sends a charge back into the battery assisting when you go back up the next hill or accelerate once traffic picks up again.
IMHO a diesel based hybrid would be the best of both worlds. Just wish someone would make one...
PS: It seems only the LML Duramax (2011-2016) has the CP4 pump.
