And most Farm Equipment I see spends MORE TIME IDLING than actually working. An ideal application for a Hybrid power train. I used to think Hybrid boats made no sense because they just cruised at cruise speed (with no stop-n-go advantage), until I was reminded that almsot all local use boats and RV boats again, spend more time idlying than actually going somewhere... Bob
On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 3:57 PM Michael Ross via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > We already do battery swaps with fork lifts - like forever. > > Tesla demo'd a swap that was the same time as half a tank fill up on a car. > > Seems like the day long use is surmountable. > > < > http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > < > http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 2:16 PM Jan Steinman via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 2019-08-04, at 03:07, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > One of the challenges facing > > > development of electric farm vehicles is the need for sufficient stored > > > energy to run a large vehicle for a full day on a single charge. > > > > There's the rub, isn't it? The article doesn't really address that at > all. > > > > Fully electric agriculture is going to be a tough nut to crack. Sure, > > "gators" and light-duty equipment might go electric, but pulling a > > six-bottom plough through clay soil for twelve hours? Ain't gonna happen > in > > MY lifetime! > > > > Jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > > -- > Michael E. Ross > (919) 585-6737 Land > (919) 901-2805 Cell and Text > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, > Google Phone and Text > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190804/a90e27a1/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190804/2ebd5eb9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
