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2022-07-15 Science & Technology
Journalists Tow Camper Behind Electric Truck, End in Stunning Failure When They Only Make it 85 Miles
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Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-15 12:20|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Fantasy meet Reality!
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-07-15 14:52||   2022-07-15 14:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably would have been better to drop off the trailer, go back and recharge, then return, pick up the trailer again, and continue to the next recharging point.

Or carry a generator inside the trailer along with all the nasty fossil fuel you can tow.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-07-15 15:03||   2022-07-15 15:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Can one get a spare battery for such things, and change out for the pre-charged back up battery at need, or is that still in the future?
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-15 16:07||   2022-07-15 16:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The batteries are heavy and each maker has different interfaces. They are expensive to the extent that compared to stealing catalytic converters the crime wave that would be produced would probably be breathtaking.

Still, it's a good idea.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-15 16:09||   2022-07-15 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Stuck on the shoulder in the middle of the mousetrap would have been epic.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-07-15 17:03||   2022-07-15 17:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Fantasy meet Reality!

Fantasyland extends 50 miles beyond the DC beltway

Though this is a good reason to move the DoE agency responsible to Longmont, Colorado.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-15 17:12||   2022-07-15 17:12|| Front Page Top

#7  Can one get a spare battery for such things,...

It is easy to imagine an automated electric 'gas station' where you pull in, slide out the old battery, slide in a new one, and away! That implies a level of interoperability and manufacturer cooperation that has to be baked into the design. Batteries weigh about 1,000 so moving them around is interesting. I wonder what kind of warranty you get on a pre-owned battery? No doubt the lawyers would have a field day with the liability issues.

The ignored question here is where the electricity to put in the batteries comes from in the first place.
Posted by SteveS 2022-07-15 17:30||   2022-07-15 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Based on intel from an acquaintance (as Ford hasn't publicly published this yet) battery packs for the F-150 Lightning weigh between ~1,800 for 'Standard Range - 98 kWh' and ~2,400 pounds for the 'Extended Range - 131 kWh'.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-07-15 17:43||   2022-07-15 17:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Innit funny. We have these vehicles from dozens of makers that all use exactly the same fuel. It's available literally everywhere. Most of these vehicles can go 300+ miles on one tank full.

But no social credit cachet or snob appeal.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-15 17:46||   2022-07-15 17:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting numbers, Mullah Richard. According to my calculations, an infinitely large battery would give you the ~300 mile range of an internal combustion engine.
Posted by SteveS 2022-07-15 17:49||   2022-07-15 17:49|| Front Page Top

#11 So the bigger the battery, the heavier it is, and the more electricity you need to move it?
Posted by Bobby 2022-07-15 18:06||   2022-07-15 18:06|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Why, yes. Yes you do.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-15 18:09||   2022-07-15 18:09|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Which is why you need a bigger battery.
Posted by SteveS 2022-07-15 18:23||   2022-07-15 18:23|| Front Page Top

#14 "Please, sir. Can I have more?"
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-15 18:39||   2022-07-15 18:39|| Front Page Top

#15 Almost like trying to carry enough fuel to reach light speed.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-15 20:15||   2022-07-15 20:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Can't wait until NASCAR goes to electric vehicles; those pit stops are gonna kick ass!
Posted by Raj 2022-07-15 20:25||   2022-07-15 20:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Hybrid in-town runner? Sure. Out of town? Gas or gas/hybrid with range
Posted by Frank G 2022-07-15 21:44||   2022-07-15 21:44|| Front Page Top

#18 #7 The ignored question here is where the electricity to put in the batteries comes from in the first place.

Simple solution: Recreate dinosaurs (or ancient flora... but let's keep things simple) from recovered DNA. Market their tasty flesh and hook the public on it. Develop fake dino meat, which nobody will want to eat. Turn surplus product into petroleum. Voila, green oil!
Posted by Sonny Sinatra3258 2022-07-15 23:57||   2022-07-15 23:57|| Front Page Top

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