Of course they are quick. Electric motors make stupid amounts of torque to get things moving. Hell, that's why they use them on locomotives. I'm surprised the whole "diesel-electric" thing hasn't found its way to the trucking industry...
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I like talking to people that vehemently think that fully loaded trains get 8 or more mpg.
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Weight, efficiency (conversion) loss and cost are the three primary reasons trucks don't use the same type of engine/drivetrain combination as trains. Durability is a factor as well.
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Big Oil would never agree to 100 mile per gallon trucks.
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As for the efficiency loss, you're already losing roughly 20% between the flywheel and the wheels. Any additional losses would be mitigated through fewer parts to maintain...u-joints, differentials, transmission...just think of all the grease and oil that coild be saved.
And cost? If it cost more, locomotives wouldn't rely upon it. There would be more diesel mechanical locomotives, and less diesel electrics.
No, I would wager a guess that "It's just not how we do things" has more to do with why it hasn't been tried than anything else. The fuel network already exists (same diesel fuel), so it isn't like it would require an entire infrastructure to be built before it can take off, but no reason to build that infrastructure until it does (such as the case for "alternative fuels"). This industry is rather set in its ways...as evidenced by the boom in truck orders in the year or two prior to a new emissions regulation (EGR, DPF, SCR) as companies pre-bought the units they were anticipating buying in the next few years...followed by the bust in truck orders as nobody wanted the new technology on their trucks...and then after a few years truck sales would level off again until it was time for the next round of EPA mandates to take effect and the cycle would repeat. Nobody wants to think outside of the box, even when that box is well proven in other industries.Tb0n3 Thanks this.
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