Electric Truck

[MedicineMan]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Wind Turbine generator electric engines.
Think about it; let’s use a Pete 379 as an example the front grill has a huge surface area for the radiator and engine. Duct it out so the air enters through the grill and into the turbine, and for extra air, put an air scoop on top of the sleeper (think about how the F-117 screen over the air intake wise) and have a wind turbine generator in it and the electric engine below that.
Where the fuel tanks are would be batteries. The batteries would be used for taking off and getting up to speed as well as stop and go traffic.

Your energy producing turbine would have to have over 100% efficiency in order to make enough power to compensate for the increased load experience by turning the turbine and increased wind drag by collecting and forcing that air to the turbine.

[CulliganMan]

And what, raise the GVW to 90,000?

[ButterNutZ]

Originally Posted by ETS FTW

Like I just posted on a dif thread, OTR electric trucks could work IF they used the same principals as are used in trains. A diesel motor powers a generator, creating the electricity needed to power the drive motors and everything else on the truck.

You will end up using even more fuel mate. Firs you only using 30%(at best) of fuel's energy to make electricity, then once you convert one potential energy into another, you then change electric power to mechanical motion( even though electric motors are ALOT more efficient then internal combustion diesel engine) they still only use 80% to 85% of the energy you put in.
One of the biggest reasons why train is using this tipe of set up is because there is no transmission that can handle the weight and stress, even if they made one it would be to complected and it you would loose way to much engines power( plus imagine the clutch set up they would have to have). Trains use one electric motor for each wheel, that's the only way (cheap way) to go.
I wasn't trying to be an #######, just trying to tell you the way I see it.

P.S. New guy here, starting my school Monday, hope to make ends meet with this job.

[goin2fast10]

I have played with Remote Control cars for a long time. I know they are awesome in what they can do, but I can't fathom the amount of electricity it would require to charge 10's of thousands of trucks....and while it is politically incorrect, there really shouldn't be such a "rush" for "alternative" methods of "energy conversion". We have the oil. The market has plenty of time to "re-invent" the wheel.