relaxin
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So most governments have set a time line when the end of the internal combustion engine Must occur,(Moderator comment: Political comments removed).
So then what?
Does anyone honestly think there will be an affordable Electric truck that can pull 10 to 15 thousand pound for 250 or more miles on a single charge?
Will we have to outfit our trailers with batteries to provide a boost for the truck doing the pulling? Or will the average middle class joe have to go back to tent camping?
Will there be aux battery packs that we can drop into the truck bed and tie down and plug in for extra mileage, and then take back out so we are not toting around the unnecessary weight when not towing
What's your thoughts on the future changes coming?
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Cummins12V98
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Great post, too bad it will be closed soon!
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relaxin
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I bet $100 that there will be a bunch of folks running a 10k plus generator in the truck bed while driving with a cord going to the charging port.... LOL!!
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2oldman
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In fifth wheels??
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BarneyS
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Great post, too bad it will be closed soon!
Nah. I fixed the original post so it would not have to be closed. I think this is a legitimate question that needs to be discussed.
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Doom and gloom. We'll figure it out, we always have. The auto makers want us to buy big trucks. The Rv manufacturers want us to buy RV's. Demand will promote a solution. Personally I don't see EV's being the silver bullet they claim it to be. Too many issues not the least of which is the ability to produce enough power to tow equivalent to what truck and RV owners need. Never mind the caustic waste to manufacture batteries, the ecological damage to mine the materials, continued dependency on foreign nations, the finite supply of required materials, continued reliance on an already taxed power grid, no long term plan for battery disposal and the hazardous waste, the massive depreciation on vehicles once their batteries expire... the list goes on and on. Sure fossil fuel is expensive, so will electricity when demand goes up. EV's wouldn't exist by way of competitive capitalism. They've been around before ICE's and never took off on their own. They required an almost complete funding from subsidies and manipulated "facts" to force it. Musk isn't/wasn't the richest man in the world because of selling EV's. He got paid with tax dollars. EV's haven't solved a single problem, they just created different ones and kicked the can down the road. This isn't capitalism or free market.
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I honestly think the technology will advance to the point where you will look back and say 'wth were we thinking burning all that dirty oil??'
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enblethen
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My thinking there will be a change to what is used for internal combustion engines. There has been a lot of work on hydrogen engines.
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relaxin
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BarneyS wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Great post, too bad it will be closed soon!
Nah. I fixed the original post so it would not have to be closed. I think this is a legitimate question that needs to be discussed.
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relaxin
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enblethen wrote:My thinking there will be a change to what is used for internal combustion engines. There has been a lot of work on hydrogen engines.
I just heard that Musk was looking into something with hydrogen, possibly do the the lack of the minerals needed to make the batteries and their rising cost.
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