Watch: YouTubers Claim Experiment with
Electric Truck Ends After Mere 85 Miles
Breitbart Tech,
by
Amy Furr
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/9/2022 5:29:16 PM
A group of YouTubers called Fast Lane Truck tested electric and gas-powered trucks to see how far they could haul a trailer, and the results seemed to speak for themselves. The test was between an electric Ford F-150 pickup and a GMC Denali Ultimate Edition featuring a gas engine, the Independent Journal Review reported Thursday. The crew left Longmont, Colorado, with the goal of making it to a fast-charging station in Pueblo, the outlet continued: The F150 charged up and the GMC filled up before taking to the road. The electric truck’s computer estimated 160 miles of range, which included calculating for the size and weight
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/9/2022 5:40:03 PM (No. 1211288)
This is no surprise. What are truckers going to do when the have to use electric semi trucks, and what are buses to do when they go electric. By the time the electric companies in America have built the infrastructure to carry all of the electric needed they will be priced higher than fossil fuels to pay for the cost of building that infrastructure. This transition Biden speaks of is going to bankrupt half of America.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 7/9/2022 5:46:41 PM (No. 1211293)
If we keep listening to these “climate change” morons, we’ll freeze to death in the dark with nothing to eat.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
marbles 7/9/2022 5:47:19 PM (No. 1211294)
# 2 That's what they want.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/9/2022 5:56:43 PM (No. 1211298)
Birthing people instead of mom, men are women, personal pronouns depending on what planet you are living on today, the borders are closed (what part don't you understand), qualifications are not necessary for a job, there is something "special" about diversity even if everyone on the panel is a moron, you do not need a gun to protect yourself, Liz Chaney is a national treasure, FJB never talked with Hunter about his overseas job, and on and on. I HATE stupid, too many are stuck on stupid. And an frightening number of them work in the government. For right now an electric is going to lose every time. Maybe in the future things will change but right now we need to utilize our own energy. All of it, wind, solar, oil, gas, nuclear. All of it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 7/9/2022 6:01:44 PM (No. 1211300)
A friend sent an email a few days ago, with a photo attached.
It was a photo of a big diesel locomotive hauling a long line of filled to the brim coal cars.
The caption was "Another load of electric vehicle fuel heads south from Wyoming."
Yep, exactly.
Short ranged, ultra expensive, slow to "refuel" COAL powered vehicles.
No, thanks. I already have some far more advanced vehicles in my fleet. 4Runner, Accord and a Cayman cover things just fine.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/9/2022 6:34:49 PM (No. 1211317)
Not only that...the gas powered rig round tripped the test journey in the time it to the E-Rig to go one way, then recharge.
In a realistic "Camping" test, one guy towing the cabin trailer, and his friend towing the boat? I'd tow the boat with the Gas truck, launch, go fishing/exploring/water-skiing...Hope that E-Dude finally made it by the time I was ready to sleep, if HE was lucky...he'd maybe arrive in time for a fish dinner first.
Over a three day camping trip...he has spent nearly a day of it recharging instead of playing....IF there is no recharge station actually at the campsite? He has to waste even part of his onsite time going to find a charger, wait in line, wait while it charges, or run a gas generator to "Save the World" by e-car.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/9/2022 6:47:00 PM (No. 1211324)
PS: MPH on the gas truck averaged 62. They drove in tandem initially, so...E truck final mph was 31.
Not counting the initial fillup time....including that and an e-fillup upon completion? Dood only averaged 15mph or less.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 7/9/2022 7:04:18 PM (No. 1211333)
The problem isn't the technology, it's the theory. Electricity isn't as efficient for moving things as oil based fuels. Yet, the greenies seem to think more inefficient transportation will some how decrease CO2 emissions. And we have a goobernment which has never been rule by smart people going along with the theory. We are so screwed!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
weirdone 7/9/2022 7:14:45 PM (No. 1211345)
85 miles? In a Montana winter below zero, they might make 25.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 7/9/2022 7:22:54 PM (No. 1211353)
Re #8, yes, it is the technology. Specifically the battery technology. A certain volume of batteries can only story only a small fraction, perhaps 10-15% of the energy that a tank of gasoline or diesel fuel can store.
And don't even think to compare the weight of the batteries or the COST of those batteries.
And finally....the total deal breaker....charging time. And the faster you push charging time, the more you DAMAGE the batteries internally. Very slow charging does the least damage to the chemical structures inside the batteries. Do it faster and the chemical structures are unable to 'rebuild' themselves as perfectly, and there is damage to the battery on a microscopic level....uncorrectable damage, cumulative damage.
Slow charge = minimun damage, maximum battery life.
Fast charge = maximum damage, reduced battery life.
And fast charge is still very SLOW, and the batteries are still very expensive and ....heavy, voluminous.
Electric vehicles will forever be the "car of the future".
If we ever get a small, safe, cheap fusion reactor or a workable zero point energy source.....sure, electric vehicles are hopeless.
They were invented 125 years ago, produced for a few years, and abandoned FOR GOOD REASONS.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/9/2022 8:07:30 PM (No. 1211376)
Gimme a steam car over an electric any day of the week! /s
Ford electric truck, what a joke... our Union Automakers have never "cracked the electric code" because it's not in their DNA. They would have never made a decent Diesel engine had it not been for Cummins providing assist.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
slipstik 7/9/2022 8:09:14 PM (No. 1211379)
Simple solution. 500 mile long extension cord. See? Easy.
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