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Originally Posted by redpoint5
The smaller engine could then be transverse mounted making the truck front wheel drive, with the electric motor(s) powering the rear. No more drive line. Brakes would need less maintenance as the regen does most of the stopping.
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Just look at what Volvo does with its XC90 which has roughly the size of a Tahoe. On a sidenote, it also has a pancake motor between the ICE and transmission.
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Our first hybrids should have been trucks, but instead we got the smallest cars. How did that happen?
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Blame it on a lack of incentives for fleets to go hybrid back in the day. IIRC there were hybrid buses in the '90s even in my country, but it didn't succeed due to a lack of incentives too.