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MazdaMatt · 03-25-2009, 12:32 PM

Read the thread again... his pusher idea is a battery-powered trailer, not a gas one like the porsche.

Just a thought regarding the motor-home guy. I don't think that he needs to have a pusher that can carry his entire motorhome at highway speeds. I think he just needs a high-geared electric drive that takes some of the load off of the engine. Heck, he could only turn it on to accelerate... Would even be able to tie the pusher throttle to the motorhome's "load" and give it an "idle load" and allow it to provide power to try to get it down to "idle load". "idle load" would be set according to his standard highway cruising load.

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MazdaMatt Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 1,096 2k2Prot5 - '02 Mazda Protege5 90 day: 33.82 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Read the thread again... his pusher idea is a battery-powered trailer, not a gas one like the porsche. Just a thought regarding the motor-home guy. I don't think that he needs to have a pusher that can carry his entire motorhome at highway speeds. I think he just needs a high-geared electric drive that takes some of the load off of the engine. Heck, he could only turn it on to accelerate... Would even be able to tie the pusher throttle to the motorhome's "load" and give it an "idle load" and allow it to provide power to try to get it down to "idle load". "idle load" would be set according to his standard highway cruising load. Last edited by MazdaMatt; 03-25-2009 at 12:39 PM..