Maybe sooner than you think. There's been some success with Drayage trucks, some all BEV, and some battery-dominant fuel cell hybrids. There have been a few issues, but they work well - drivers love the torque they get. Not a big technical difference, as I understand it, from what you want.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 15, 2017, at 3:49 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know an EV is not designed to pull a travel trailer. > But this very expensive tear-drop design claims 25% the towing drag of a > conventional tailer. > > http://www.safaricondo.com/pdf/alto_en.pdf > > Someday, there will be an EV good for this. > > Someday, when I retire, I can see traveling from park-to-park towing such > an efficient trailer behind an EV: > > Not trying to go 75MPH, but maybe 60 MPH to enjoy the trip > Not trying to do 500 miles a day, but more like 200 miles a day max. > > We can dream can't we? > > I've pulled my boat and Communications trailers behind my 2004 Prius > easily (but not more than local half hour trips...) but they say you can't > do that... but you can if you use common sense and don't try to hit top > speed! And keep your eye and ear on how the car is handling it... > > Bob > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
