You just use a 3/4 ton truck and call it a 1/2 ton. I have doubts about them off-road, that weight has to make them less capable. In the end most pickup trucks are just pavement queens rarely used to haul anything more exciting than the garbage. For the majority of owners an EV will be fine. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 6:24 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: And what does the battery weigh? 4 X as much battery has to reduce the payload on the truck. Randy On 11/10/2022 5:13 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > I watched a towing shootout between the F150 and Hummer EV's. > They made the point that the F150 had a battery that held the energy > equivalent of about 4 gallons of gasoline, which goes a long way towards > explaining why these vehicles do so abysmally in these tests. > > That 4 gallons can be had for under $20, right now. > > I also noticed that they had to do a partial recharge of the F150 > in order to finish the 170-mile (total) towing test. I think I saw that > they were charged around $20 for this --- MORE than the equivalent > gasoline would have cost, and it took over a half hour to accomplish. > > Now, it's not like they have to have a 35-gallon (equivalent) energy store > to match my current trucks. Roughly only 1/3 of fuel results in useful work. > The other 2/3 are lost as waste heat, via exhaust and through the cooling > system. > In theory an EV could get away with maybe a 12-gallon (equivalent) energy > store, > so maybe 3x the battery that the F150 had. This would cost 3x too, of course, > and be 3x as hazardous since you can't extinguish lithium battery fires. > > And recharge time would be dreadful. > > These things are still toys, only suitable for well-defined commuting. > Not work. > > -- Jim > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
