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« Reply #30 on: 07 July 2017, 11:35:10 »
 "Solar panels on the roof of the trailer to charge the batteries maybe?"

...not on a fuel tanker  :'( 8)
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« Reply #31 on: 07 July 2017, 11:39:06 »
Quote from: JDX on 07 July 2017, 11:35:10
"Solar panels on the roof of the trailer to charge the batteries maybe?"

...not on a fuel tanker  :'( 8)

Maybe fuel tankers will become obsolete....  ;)  :y
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« Reply #32 on: 07 July 2017, 11:45:50 »
They probably will - volumes are already on the decrease, fuel logistics companies are not taking any new people on... :(
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« Reply #33 on: 07 July 2017, 13:58:53 »
Not exactly new news (2012 ::)), and a triaxle curtainsider might slow it down a touch, but always worth a watch...

https://youtu.be/1cVtzt_bbhM 8)

It has been suggested elsewhere that a supercharged big block Chevy V8 running lpg/cng might be a green alternative to diesel power... torque and output being similar...
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« Reply #34 on: 07 July 2017, 14:43:43 »
When I said that hybrid trucks will make an appearance, I meant they'll become commonplace in the same way hybrid cars are becoming more and more common.  ;)

I was tinkering with my car on drive the other day and heard a funny whirring noise, looked up and there was a Mitsubishi PHEV cruising by!  :y
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« Reply #35 on: 07 July 2017, 15:00:17 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 07 July 2017, 14:43:43
When I said that hybrid trucks will make an appearance, I meant they'll become commonplace in the same way hybrid cars are becoming more and more common.  ;)

I was tinkering with my car on drive the other day and heard a funny whirring noise, looked up and there was a Mitsubishi PHEV cruising by!  :y
Mitsubiushi and Izuzu both do hybrid 7.5t, last one I drove was a 13 plate ;)

The future is coming... quietly.
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« Reply #36 on: 07 July 2017, 15:10:54 »
Ignorant question: in totally electric vehicles, how do you keep warm in winter, or even cool in summer?

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« Reply #37 on: 07 July 2017, 15:12:02 »
Oh, I've got it - a small petrol engine in the boot to run the heater!  :y 8) ;D

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« Reply #38 on: 07 July 2017, 15:16:36 »
Sensible answer... heater element supplemented by the drive motor coolant circuit via a heat exchanger, plus a separate airconditioning circuit powered by an electric compressor. Again not new tech, just a fresh approach to running it :y
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« Reply #39 on: 07 July 2017, 15:26:14 »
There's also a company now making heat batteries, primary use is in homes, solar during the day is stored and used to provide heating/hot water at night. A unit about the size of a briefcase holds around 1.5kwh heat (iirc). They work on the same(ish) principle as those chemical gel hand warmers

Advantage with these is reduced cost, and complexity over li-ion, plus they've been tested to 50,000 cycles and don't degrade. According to their marketing blurb, they have interest from car manufacturers to run the heaters from these. So your electric car would charge its main battery and the heat battery at the same time.

Quite a clever idea really.
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« Reply #40 on: 07 July 2017, 15:32:03 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 07 July 2017, 15:16:36
Sensible answer... heater element supplemented by the drive motor coolant circuit via a heat exchanger, plus a separate airconditioning circuit powered by an electric compressor. Again not new tech, just a fresh approach to running it :y

Or in the case of the little electric deathtrap looking things in Norway (that were popular a decade ago) - a kerosene heater for winter, and windows for summer! ;D
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