On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:46 AM, Michael Ross via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I predict the truck owner will notice the PIH. The ICE will be less potent > to compensate for the extra cost of the PI part.
There's certainly precedence for a rapid fleet turnover - all were gasoline, then there was a quick transition to diesel. ZEV next? > > Should be "easy" to sling an AC motor under a truck leaving the ICE in > place. As discussed here it is very doable. There are other nice things > about a truck - lots of room for batteries compared to a car. Cost a lot > for batteries now, but that will change. > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:18 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > >>> On 15 Sep 2014 at 9:34, brucedp5 via EV wrote: >>> >>> 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 ... >> >> Now here is where my cynical side rebuts my optimistic side. :-\ >> >> I wonder if this wouldn't just end up much like the "flexible fuel" >> vehicles >> sold for the last several years. I think the automakers get some kind of >> CAFE credits for those (I don't know the details and it's OT anyway), but >> the number that ever get fed anything but gasoline is infinitesimal. >> >> Now suppose that with subsidies the big automakers could sell PIH trucks >> and >> SUVs cheaper than pure ICE trucks and SUVs. Of course they would; the >> dealers would clamor for it. BUT, I'll bet they wouldn't sell them as >> PIHs. >> The sales people would barely mention it, except to maybe tell the buyer >> "it's cheaper because you could plug it in if you wanted to." >> >> Many or most of these bargain-priced PIHs would go to people who had no >> interest in using the EV mode. Chances are good that even though they'd >> save money by plugging in, many of them wouldn't bother - especially if >> they >> had to have an EVSE installed in their garages (if they even had garages). >> I can see many of these PIHs running most or all of the time on gasoline, >> just like the "flexible fuel" vehicles do today. >> >> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >> EVDL Administrator >> >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >> reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >> email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -- > Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain > happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? > *Dalai Lama * > > Tell me what it is you plan to do > With your one wild and precious life? > Mary Oliver, "The summer day." > > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. Edison > <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 550-2430 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > (919) 513-0418 Desk > > michael.e.r...@gmail.com > <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140916/eb11e6e4/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
