Do not know. I certainly wont be buying in the short term though, so pricing it wouldn't do me much good now. It is an APU system and a full rear axle replacement though. If it is less than 15 or 20k I will be amazed.
EDIT: I poked around and the fuel savings claims range from 15% to 30%. 15% from the axle. 12% from the APU part, and 3% from some ground effects around the drive tires.
The cost is, err, more than I can imagine being cost effective. 37-40k
Hyliion aftermarket hybrid diesel electric kit
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Yeah there's no way I see that making sense. Especially with today's emission engines with shorter lives than previous counterparts.
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YouTuber / Trucker Asian Mai got to ride along in a Hyliion hybrid and Hyliion ERX.
Spoilers:
Hybrid: is basically the same as a diesel truck except you save gas.
ERX: is some powerful stuff
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That is a very doable number for a device that acts as both an APU and a fuel saver on the road. I will have to look at it again.Accidental Trucker Thanks this. -
It makes a lot of sense..... except that I have a nagging suspicion what you get for the $14K. A couple of electric motors and a battery bank -- ok, great. But how seamless is the integration with the existing drive train? I'm not qualified to do any wrenching, but find it hard to believe they can integrate easily and seamlessly regardless of drive
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Currently an ECU from the factory is, what? 6 or 8 Large? so for another 6 K you get the electric motors and the complete software solution for the drive train integration? Yeah, I'm going to have to stay in the skeptical -- but interested camp.
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Ok the $14K number is the NET cost, after considering the "savings" in APU cost, axle delete, inverter delete and engine downgrade on a new truck. The actual cost is listed at $29 K. See the video below at 8:20.
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