Ben, The irony is because urbanites prefer these "farm vehicles" due to the tax breaks that apply even if you do not have a farm and never take your 4x4 off the asphalt, but simply enjoy the cheap vehicle that is (still) not required to be as safe as a sedan or minivan, because it legally still classifies as a stuff-hauling farm vehicle, even though half America uses it as a passenger vehicle. The lower safety requirements and lower taxes are really the only reason that trucks (and SUVs that classify as truck) are so overwhelmingly popular: you get a lot of vehicle for your money and thus also larger margins for manufacturers, causing them to favor and promote these vehicles even more. Overseas they recognize this craze and the common tricked-out 4x4 truck with certifiably non-off road capable low profile tires and oversized rims is known there as "boulevard-tractor" referring to the crowd (cruising main street boulevard) and the farm legacy of the vehicle (tractor). It is high time trucks are recognized for what they are used for and legally made equal to the safety and tax requirements of the other passenger vehicles, that would take a lot of incentives for these inefficient vehicles away.
I have driven a small light truck for several years, because that was the affordable EV that I could get my hands on at the time I was looking - not always the easiest choice but I do like the utility of having a bed to carry stuff around for those times that I need it, even though I have also managed to carry a 2-person sofa bed in my Classic Prius or 2 50-gal drums. So I would definitely be interested in a commercially available EV light truck, just like what was the most common EV 20 years ago. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Ben Goren via EV Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:26 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: GM Would Be Smart To Launch An e-Pickup TruckBefore Tesla On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:35 AM, John Lussmyer <cou...@casadelgato.com> wrote: > My truck cruises at around 30KW at 60mph. A 10KW generator isn't going to > extend the range much at all. Did I slip a decimal? 500 Wh / mile and 50 MPH (for easy numbers) is 2 miles per kWh is 25 kWh for an hour...or 25 kW. I guess I did slip a decimal...sorry! However, a pickup truck with, say, a 50 kW or even a 100 kW onboard generator (to add back the missing decimal) is going to be able to power much more than a small construction site and be that much more desirable to people who actually _use_ such vehicles. That, of course, is a rather different class of people from those who typically _buy_ them...it's a depressingly common irony to see impeccably-dressed people step out of immaculate huge trucks and SUVs and hand the keys to a valet at an expensive restaurant. 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/f145ef4f/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) _______________________________________________ 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)
