Ford to try their hand at a diesel 1/2 ton?

[houstonscott]

Yep, will have to go to batteries. Then we'll see headlines like ... "Pickup truck burst into flames towing boat up mountain".

How do you think, battery truck would do in this situation.

8 Series Landcruiser 4x4 Deep Water Crossing, NT - YouTube

HS

 

[Egon]

How do you think, battery truck would do in this situation.

8 Series Landcruiser 4x4 Deep Water Crossing, NT - YouTube

HS

Batteries seem to have worked underwater for these.

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[hutchman]

How do you think, battery truck would do in this situation.

8 Series Landcruiser 4x4 Deep Water Crossing, NT - YouTube

HS

Well, at least the engine would get cleaned. I'm sure they would use sealed batteries so I doubt there would be much excitement.

 

[hutchman]

Batteries seem to have worked underwater for these.

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True, if you have a nuke (or diesel) to charge it!

 

[buickanddeere]

Well, at least the engine would get cleaned. I'm sure they would use sealed batteries so I doubt there would be much excitement.

Sea water and lead acid batteries = Chlorine Gas which is a problem in an airtight vessel 1200 feet below the surface while trying to be silent .
Last batteries I seen for that application were 2.2volts each and about the size of a 30 gallon barrel but square instead of round. Heavy copper buss bar is bolted between lug to lug to series the bank up to a nominal voltage of 250V. The current capacity is so high that each battery has two negative terminals and two positive terminals. Ventilation of the hydrogen , oxygen and SO2 fumes methods vary with the application. Sometimes a demineralized water addition system is also plumbed in.

 

[buickanddeere]

The green weenies are sure that Star Trek technology is real along with a 50mpg fleet average . That isn't going to happen unless a majority of vehicles all electric . POTUS or not the laws of physics take presidence over human laws.

 

[hutchman]

Sea water and lead acid batteries = Chlorine Gas which is a problem in an airtight vessel 1200 feet below the surface while trying to be silent .
Last batteries I seen for that application were 2.2volts each and about the size of a 30 gallon barrel but square instead of round. Heavy copper buss bar is bolted between lug to lug to series the bank up to a nominal voltage of 250V. The current capacity is so high that each battery has two negative terminals and two positive terminals. Ventilation of the hydrogen , oxygen and SO2 fumes methods vary with the application. Sometimes a demineralized water addition system is also plumbed in.

Yup, batteries are heavy. If a Prius battery weights just under 400lbs., I wonder how heavy a 4x4 truck battery would be that has to tow 10K lbs.??? Now if it had a little diesel to power electric motors on all four wheels (like a locomotive engine) then that could be cool. Problem is I don't think it would be a "little" engine. I've seen what the 4WD Tesla needs power wise and you could power a few houses with that kind of wattage!

 

[hutchman]

The green weenies are sure that Star Trek technology is real along with a 50mpg fleet average . That isn't going to happen unless a majority of vehicles all electric . POTUS or not the laws of physics take presidence over human laws.

I think the "good idea fairy" has visited the POTUS and EPA a bit too much

Beware of The Good Idea Fairy – Matt Mazur

 

[buickanddeere]

Batteries seem to have worked underwater for these.

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Anybody here think that battery application in a sub is the same as a Ford F-150 .

 

[Egon]

Anybody here think that battery application in a sub is the same as a Ford F-150 .

I'm assuming that "read and context" really did not happen!