Ben;s comments (below) are along the lines I was attempting to convey. That
the full-size (puffy) truck or suv vehicle its self is what the buyer wants,
and that the pih model would be close to the same size and passenger seating
(only trimming down the length and width to fit and maneuver into typical
USA parking spaces), but using a pih drive train.
The Volt pih drive train comes to mind, and in one of the links I provided
in my original post Lutz sez the Volt should have been a truck (well maybe
he was promoting VIA as that is now the company he is part of).
Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the Cadillac pih (aka elr) drivetrain
more powerful than the Volt's. If so, perhaps a crew-cab Chevy Colorado
with a Cadillac pih drivetrain would be a first pass design approach to a
pih truck that would be of the size and capability interest to truck buyers
that do not have a high cargo or towing demand need from their vehicle (more
of a people and some items transporter, than a heavy-duty construction work
truck).
{brucedp.150m.com}
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_ELR#Specifications
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Colorado
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2014, at 06:48 AM, Ben Goren via EV wrote: ...
> If a "puffy" SUV or truck were outfitted with something analogous to the
> Volt's drivetrain but appropriately "up-sized," even with the same size
> battery pack, at worst it'd still have a ~20 mile all-electric range. As
> a marketing bonus, that electric motor will have lots of low-end torque,
> and that metric is the one the marketing departments love to use for
> these vehicles. For many, that would make it a pure BEV for 80% of trips.
> Even those putting an hundred miles a day on the vehicle would still be
> driving 20% of their miles electrically...and that's the equivalent of
> turning one out of five "puffy" vehicles purely electric.
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