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Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss
I use the truck to pull/haul anything from my race car to farm equipment. 10-30k pounds. You're not gonna do that with a car. But 20mpg for the size and weight is really good. I understand karma. Trust me, I'm never the instigator.
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Over here we leave that for the truckers and farmers
In fact you should be cheering for alternatives. Sounds like you need torque and no motor produces more torque than electric - way way more than diesel. You know those big diesel locomotives for pulling freight? The engine only drives a generator and not the wheels. That 'leccy gets piped straight to multiple motors on the wheels, and no gearing.
Many of the electric cars now are using this approach, batteries supplemented by small petrol motors generating electricity by running at their best power when required. Never driven one but it apparently sounds weird accelerating with the rpm constant.