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09-02-2019, 09:40 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Location: Houma La
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Id wager if its fully loaded with 250 mile range and towing 10,000 lb capacity it's in the 6 figures price range
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09-02-2019, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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I’m going to wager a little cheaper at 80000. Probably a loss leader for a couple years while they collect data and real world experience. Even at that they’ll sell as many as they can build. Ford will be battery constrained for the next 4 or 5 years. Probably less than 50,000 trucks per year.
Guess we’ll find out in the next 16 months or so. Tesla and Rivian will both have their trucks out by then as well.
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09-02-2019, 09:53 AM
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National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Covington, GA
Posts: 784
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The banner on the wall needs to be "Its The Batteries, Stupid!".
There was a thread here recently about the demise of the MH industry, but the move away from petrochemical fuels wasn't part of the discussion. The dependence on carbon based fuels is the Achilles heal. The sooner electric motor driven vehicles are available in the market the better.
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2005 National Dolphin 5342
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09-02-2019, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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I am unclear how the dependence on carbon based fuels is the Achilles heal of the motorhome industry.
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2018 Ram 2500 HD Mega cab.
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09-02-2019, 11:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,565
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JJH3rd
The banner on the wall needs to be "Its The Batteries, Stupid!".
There was a thread here recently about the demise of the MH industry, but the move away from petrochemical fuels wasn't part of the discussion. The dependence on carbon based fuels is the Achilles heal. The sooner electric motor driven vehicles are available in the market the better.
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And what digs out the raw material to make all this free energy stuff? And where does the power for the equipment come from? Really great ideas but not thought out first.
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09-02-2019, 12:06 PM
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Nor'easters Club
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Mid-Hudson Valley NY, USA
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I learned about “perpetual motion” machines in the 4th grade. Great to see they’ve figured out something similar. The electric must be produced by wind towers & solar panels....
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2020 Newmar London Aire 4569
2019 Ford F150 Limited 450hp
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09-02-2019, 12:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Originally Posted by A32Deuce
And what digs out the raw material to make all this free energy stuff? And where does the power for the equipment come from? Really great ideas but not thought out first.
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I read the article. I didn’t see where they are referring to free energy. What are you referring to?
It’s built in North America so it will probably be a CCS/SAE format for DCFC and J1772 for AC. Not sure if that’s what you are referring to.
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09-02-2019, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RVRon
I learned about “perpetual motion” machines in the 4th grade. Great to see they’ve figured out something similar. The electric must be produced by wind towers & solar panels....
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I thought Perpetual Motion was generated by all the hot air spewed by politicians and "social media"!
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09-02-2019, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by radar
I read the article. I didn’t see where they are referring to free energy. What are you referring to?
It’s built in North America so it will probably be a CCS/SAE format for DCFC and J1772 for AC. Not sure if that’s what you are referring to.
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Wasn't talking about the article but the comment after.
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09-03-2019, 10:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Everett, WA
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ROFL.
Ford is going to be too busy fighting lawsuits over their tranny screwups to bring an electric F-150 pipe dream out in the next two years.
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09-03-2019, 10:53 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 2,565
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Worst part of that deal, the trans were a Ford/GM project.
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09-04-2019, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: SLC, UT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RVRon
I learned about “perpetual motion” machines in the 4th grade. Great to see they’ve figured out something similar. The electric must be produced by wind towers & solar panels....
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Your spreading FUD.
I think most people don't realize just how much power wind and solar are contributing to the grid these days.
The entire state of Colorado was running off wind only overnight recently, and Texas has done it multiple times. And it's only going to increase as more is built out.
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Fourteen states now have 10 percent or more of their generation coming from wind power. Most of these are in the central plains. These states include North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Maine, Vermont, Oregon, and Idaho.[6]
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind..._United_States
Add in solar and hydro and....yes....actually a surprising amount of that electricity is generated by non carbon emitting sources (read: not traditional power plants)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ewable_sources
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09-04-2019, 09:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 152
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrgrayaz
Your spreading FUD.
I think most people don't realize just how much power wind and solar are contributing to the grid these days.
The entire state of Colorado was running off wind only overnight recently, and Texas has done it multiple times. And it's only going to increase as more is built out.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind..._United_States
Add in solar and hydro and....yes....actually a surprising amount of that electricity is generated by non carbon emitting sources (read: not traditional power plants)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ewable_sources
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Using Wikipedia as a source. You are funny.
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