I'm interested to see where the heavy duty truck market will take electric technology eventually. I was talking to a guy the other day that just bought a Rivian truck and he was telling me the specs. 1025 HP and 1200 lbs of torque. For towing, all the torque is instantly accessible from 0 RPM. As an F250 driver myself, those are incredible numbers.
I don't care about the grid, the environment, or the baby seals being forced to work in an African mine to extract raw materials. We are 10 years away from a truck that can tow 30,000 lbs on Tuesday, run a sub 10 second quarter mile on Saturday, and doesn't cost me $200+ to fill up every Sunday when I am just running around town most of the time. Add in the built in generator that will allow my to park my RV out in the backcountry 20 miles away from the closest hookup and power it for a few weeks without so much as a decibel of noise and I am excited about the future.
Most likely tech to make it all functional is a small ice motor, medium sized battery, medium sized fuel tank, electric motors, and an on board generator to tie it all together. Ram is already there later this year in the 1/2 ton market. 650+ horsepower, 14,000lbs of towing. 2600lbs of payload. +/- 700 miles of range. I'm guessing the other truck manufacturers will follow suit with this type of power train in the near future.
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