Electric truck - tow vehicle of future ?
Interesting article about an electric Class 7 truck . Begs the question, are electric powered heavy duty pickups...ready for HD towing service... far behind ? Range right now is somewhat limite...
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BenK wrote:
Gasoline was sold at local drug stores and hardware stores from the historical material read when a kid
Just because the distribution system isn't there yet...does it mean the technology isn't any good...
History repeating itself...and those who either do not know of, or educated thereof are destined to repeat those historically based learning points...
The issue is not the distribution system. The distribution system already exists for just about every house and commercial building in the USA.
The issue is that batteries are expensive, hold very little power (relative to size and cost) and they take a long time to charge (even with the high powered chargers).
The idea that it is foreordained that electric will take over because gas took over from horses is false logic. Gas took over because it was better. In fact unlike electric which receives a lot of positive support from the govt and still struggles to sell. Gas cars had the govt fighting the adoption of mass produced cars.
I think electric cars will do OK once people get over the idea that they are fully functional the same as gas cars. If you are commuting 10miles to work and have a 2nd car, they should be able to produce a basic commuter electric car for comparable price to a gas commuter car but if you need a car that can go 200-300miles (and not come home to your garage at night), it starts becoming a big hassle to try and make electric work. Even if high power chargers become more common, high power means a half hour for partition charge and longer for a full charge and 200+ mile range means you are paying 30-50% more for the equivalent car.
