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Originally Posted by freebeard
I see hybrids as an interim step to full electric. If I may ask, what's your 0-60 with a full load and % grade at 65mph?
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I have no idea what the StarShip 0-60 time will be. I'm only interested in a 0-60 time when I'm drag racing. 0-60 has nothing to do with trucking, no matter what Elon Musk thinks or says. A balls-out 0-60 launch in a semi would consume a massive amount of fuel or amp hours. To an Ecomodder, doing such a launch in a semi would be committing a felony against Newton's first law of motion - sometimes referred to as the law of inertia. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. And a fully-loaded semi is a massive object at rest.
I have been playing with my new PedalCoach device in my street car for the past week, from my new partners at LinkeDrive. I wanted to get a feel for the unit before I install it in the truck. With the PedalCoach, it's blatantly obvious how much fuel is required to overcome a standing start. It is substantial in a 2 ton car. It is astronomical in a 40 ton rig.
