On Thu Oct 22 08:34:57 PDT 2015 [email protected] said: >On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:18 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> 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.
My Electric F-250 gets around 650Wh/Mile. My range is about 70 miles. No Towing. (that would REALLY suck power!) Even with those restrictions, I find it very useful. I've had it at a bunch of car shows, and there have been quite a few people that think it would be useful to them, even with those restrictions. That article requiring towing and a long range, sounds just like all the other EV articles that require cars to have a 400 miles range and charge in 5 minutes. Standard range anxiety. -- Try my Sensible Email package! https://sourceforge.net/projects/sensibleemail/ _______________________________________________ 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)
