On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:18 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> In order for the individual to > see the value proposition, the truck would need a range of at least 200-250 > miles, a towing capacity of 4,000 lbs+, and cost under $60,000. We can do some math on that. Trucks, especially heavy-duty ones that can tow that much, are big and heavy and tend to have poor aerodynamics. I'll be generous and suggest they might be able to manage 500 Wh / mile, or two miles per kWh, though it'll almost certainly be worse. And that's obviously for just the truck, unloaded. So, to target a 200 mile range for the unloaded truck, you'd need at least a 100 kWh (usable) battery. That's more battery than Tesla has ever sold in a vehicle. Now, load the truck down with 4,000 pounds in a decidedly-not-aerodynamic horse trailer and push the range to 250 miles? I think it'd still be generous to merely double the battery requirement. And you're now looking at the same class of problem that rocket scientists face...a quarter of a megawatt-hour of battery capacity is itself going to be insanely heavy, requiring even _more_ battery to make up for all the extra battery you're hauling. And all this is supposed to cost $15K _less_ than a base-model Tesla Model S? I don't think so! b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151022/3160e1f2/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
