Turtle n Peeps wrote:
KD4UPL wrote:
Apparently no one cares about this idea. Why do I say that? Because GM came out with this probably 10 years ago on their Silverado hybrid. You could pull 120v AC power off of those trucks to power stuff while parked. But, I sure haven't see many people talking about, writing stories about, or using them over the years. It's rare to even see one on the road.
I agree.
Ford had this almost 50 years ago. Although the below example was not on the truck engine it never caught on.
It doesn't make a bunch of sense to idle a 100 HP engine when a 5 HP engine will do.
Plus there are several idle laws on the books in many states for diesel trucks.
Maybe,, But these days with advanced computer algorithms built into pickup engines you could shut down some of the cylinders and even change the valve timing to make that big engine act like a much smaller one.
(Before some points out that this has been tried before and did not work well I want to point out that I said "with advanced computer algorithms" . I'm not talking about the dreaded Cadillac V8-6-4.)
