One of these days, I would like to know the story on your handle.
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Large Marge’s handle? Go watch Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure.
I’ll pass
See, that is why I don’t understand the handle. I don’t watch those kinds of movies and have no interest. Yes, I am a snob, but, a snob with good taste…
Interesting concept. Is there any video of it in action?
I’d question the claims of torque and ability to move or control loads. Can we assume there is a bunch of heat generation on the downhill that may not be being accounted for?
I looked and couldn’t find any of it moving. I thought it seemed odd the guy didn’t show it moving under power.
I have long thought that if you must have electric vehicles each one should have a small single-speed turbo-charged very high efficiency diesel generator – exactly what these guys have done but in a smaller passenger car / delivery truck / utility vehicle package. A “universal” 3/4-1 liter 3 cylinder diesel industrial engine designed, and tuned, for maximum efficiency at a single operating RPM with 500,000+ mile engine life.
Which is not new technology – diesel-electric submarines have been doing it exactly that way forever.
Same with diesel electric locomotives. They don’t have to size the engine for the worst hill, just for the average total load. The batteries serve as an energy store for getting up the hill.
Cool truck… except for the electric involvement. Greta gonna be damp over this. I wonder how many gallons of Bud Light were consumed during r&d.
Guess I’m the only one that thinks this is a great PROTOTYPE truck. Proof of concept. Production units will be moe bettah!
Jerry, usual friction break heat is turned into electric generation going back to the batteries.
Large Marge’s handle? Go watch Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure.
I’ll pass
See, that is why I don’t understand the handle. I don’t watch those kinds of movies and have no interest. Yes, I am a snob, but, a snob with good taste…
Interesting concept. Is there any video of it in action?
I’d question the claims of torque and ability to move or control loads. Can we assume there is a bunch of heat generation on the downhill that may not be being accounted for?
I looked and couldn’t find any of it moving. I thought it seemed odd the guy didn’t show it moving under power.
I have long thought that if you must have electric vehicles each one should have a small single-speed turbo-charged very high efficiency diesel generator – exactly what these guys have done but in a smaller passenger car / delivery truck / utility vehicle package. A “universal” 3/4-1 liter 3 cylinder diesel industrial engine designed, and tuned, for maximum efficiency at a single operating RPM with 500,000+ mile engine life.
Which is not new technology – diesel-electric submarines have been doing it exactly that way forever.
Same with diesel electric locomotives. They don’t have to size the engine for the worst hill, just for the average total load. The batteries serve as an energy store for getting up the hill.
Cool truck… except for the electric involvement. Greta gonna be damp over this. I wonder how many gallons of Bud Light were consumed during r&d.
Guess I’m the only one that thinks this is a great PROTOTYPE truck. Proof of concept. Production units will be moe bettah!
Jerry, usual friction break heat is turned into electric generation going back to the batteries.