As a bunch of gearheads, I figured you would like this: Kenworth SuperTruck 2

[cockerpunk]

people come up with all sorts of dumb reasons to hate change, and its very common that people are like "well i cant maintain this, it unmaintainable!" or whatever, see ... every other hybrid thread on these boards. complaints about batteries, maintaince, etc ... all solved issues. in another thread some said a prius battery was more expensive and less reliable than a 996. just like ... absolutly dumb ****. like 100% five seconds on google and you know its wrong type stuff.

i put your comment into that category.

if it wasn't, i apologize.

might take a hot second to get folks trained to work on them, but it will happen. and if people refuse ... then they refuse to make money, and someone else will jump in to do it. thats how it works.

[afterburn 549]

Your invalid point still stands....25 years? LOL
Yes, tesla had a battery-operated car that he ran around Niagra Falls .
mother Earth News has had articles.
But the class 8 category will be the category of "something completely different.
And Scotty will be screaming I am giving her I gots man!
All not an EZ broach.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Your invalid point still stands....25 years? LOL
Yes, tesla had a battery-operated car that he ran around Niagra Falls .
mother Earth News has had articles.
But the class 8 category will be the category of "something completely different.
And Scotty will be screaming I am giving her I gots man!
All not an EZ broach.

Come on, you just bolt a couple of tesla crate motors to the front wheels and away you go! Easy Peazy!

[afterburn 549]

LOL
For sure if this earth is allowed to stand another 20 years electricity will be the answer.
As of right now it is Knee-jerk reaction to the Green Scramblers.
Not as we know it, but as it will be.
Eventually

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by LWJ

I saw this and thought it seems revolutionary. Seems like it has doubled fuel efficiency among a multitude of other innovations. Pretty amazing engineering.


https://www.kenworth.com/innovation/st2/

Very cool, thanks for posting this.

https://www.kenworth.com/innovation/st2/

[jyl]

Someone really likes Star Wars!

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs

Can’t imagine a mobile mechanic being able to diagnose let alone fix one of those when it breaks down on the side of the highway.

All it takes is training.

[berettafan]

Damn that's better mpg than my f250!!!

Super, super cool truck. If you guys like this sort of stuff check out some of the euro big rig stuff on YouTube.

[afterburn 549]

IDK
My last trk -Freightliner with Series 60 would often get 9 MPG
It is hard to have a control factor in trks, as weight and loads are so variable.
Trks with an enclosed trailer called "Vans" have a constant, called Aerodynamics.
The largest problem is at the rear, believe it or not, it needs to be tear drop shaped .
Over the last 30 years, we have seen plastic bubble doors added to the rears of some to lessen the drag.

For instance, going down over a pass like Snoqualmie Pass with a 50 foot power boat I did not even need to use the jakes as there was such a parachute effect.
Whereas a 50-foot sailboat that is pointed at the front and almost pointed at the rear was like not having a load at all, except for the weight.
Lots of braking is needed!
As said the control factor is a hard one in the real world

[NY65912]

Very cool looking, like the streamlined COEs of the 30's

[berettafan]

Speaking of cylons I loved that show. Always wondered what came first- the character Starbuck on the show or the singer that gave us Moonlight Feels Right.

Used to have an action figure of the dog.