So, this is still basically a non-starter. My 2004 Chevy with a 5.3 liter gasoline engine does just fine with a 23’ flying cloud will easily go 350 miles between fuel stops.
Torque is great! If only there was an existing technology with more torque than a gasoline engine.
It’s NOT about torque, nor HP (which is torque at a specific RPM). A tesla induction motor will blow the pistons out of your 5.3L block.
The problem is the amount of stored energy to drive that motor.
Gasoline, even though we throw away 75% of the energy in the tank to heat, still has plenty left over to turn the crankshaft.
You need about 1MW/hr of energy storage in a battery to equal the tow distance of a light pickup with 29 gallons of gas. We are currently not even in the neighborhood for batteries. That’s why Toyota holds the opinion batteries can’t replace gasoline. Only a energy storage medium like Hydrogen can get close. The problem is you don’t “drill for hydrogen”, you have to extract it from oil, and the carbon is shed as CO2, which ticks off the Green Complainers again.
Or you split water with electricity from solar (to be green), and that is just a huge waste of energy.
Diesel Electric Locomotives.
Inline OHV Diesel Engines?
Torque is great! If only there was an existing technology with more torque than a gasoline engine.
Diesel comes to mind ;)
My 2011 GMC does just fine with 53,000 miles on the clock.
Wish it got better mileage...