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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
Are you able to disclose any of your plans for a hybrid drive in the StarShip now or in the near future?
The StarShip could use a boosting electric drive to power up hills then return some of that energy back on the down hill leg.
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Our custom 2016 Strick 53' dry van will indeed have a hybrid drive unit installed on one of the axles. It will utilize a Remy 240 hp traction motor through a differential, powered by Li-Ion batteries. It will work exactly as you describe. It will give us a boost going up grades as most of the fuel in a big truck is used to overcome gravity. It will also regen going down the grades to recharge the batteries, of course. It uses predictive GPS and knows where the grades are before we start climbing them. We did not build the unit, but we are collaborating with a US based partner who builds them.