Regular cab trucks may be doomed

[Gene]

Originally Posted by DKB_SATX

Ah, the flywheel thing. I remember reading about how flywheel energy storage was going to revolutionize transportation in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science in the late 70s and perhaps into the early 80s. I think they became a bit leery of some of the more exciting failure modes of flywheels with sufficient energy stored to power a vehicle. "Uncontrolled disintegration" is a nice euphemism for "flywheel shrapnel shredding the vehicle from the inside out." And we thought hybrid batteries posed a threat post-collision!

There are some things to work out, but that 15 year old has got an idea….

Gene

[dznf0g]

Hmmmm, I sit on the Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition board, and , at least around here the big trucks are converting to CNG. Most prominently the garbage haulers and one LARGE cement company. I haven't heard of anyone around here looking to LPG for diesel conversions. Not saying it isn't possible or happening somewhere, but not here that I am aware of.