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They will fight each other at monster truck rallies. "Team Cyber" and "Team Hummer" shirts will sell out. Many corn dogs will be eaten.
by JulianMorrison 7y ago
They will fight each other at monster truck rallies. "Team Cyber" and "Team Hummer" shirts will sell out. Many corn dogs will be eaten.
- newnewpdro 7y agoI would gleefully attend an all-ev monster truck rally.
- olivermarks 7y agoElectric power is well suited to driving the huge wheels of a 4x4 monster truck, great low end torque and wide power band. The problem might be battery weight - monster trucks are basically lightweight space frames with low unsprung weight pushed by a big block V8 engine with a flimsy fiberglass body over the top of it all.
- ollie87 7y agoBattery pack might be better really, you could move the centre of gravity slightly lower than the fuel tank and engine on a ICE version.
- olivermarks 7y agoIt's the weight of the batteries to drive that sort of power compared to ICE that would be the issue, not location. Would be an interesting experiment
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- newnewpdro 7y agoWith how massive the wheels and tires are, maybe hub motors with batteries packed in their centers could work. I don't get the impression that monster trucks strive to minimize unsprung weight, the tires are wrecking balls.
- olivermarks 7y agohttps://youtu.be/OumQxxO8v1M https://youtu.be/OumQxxO8v1M <- 2014 EV monster truck You wouldn't need huge battery life for a 15 minute performance, so shaving off battery weight might just work. What most people go to see is airborne jumps rather than crushing things hence need for low weight.
- newnewpdro 7y agoIIRC the rubber tires weigh 1000+lbs each, I wonder if the tires could be implemented differently using lightweight materials shifting their weight budget into hubmotor+battery.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoTires are consumable so you're unlikely to see monster truck teams adopt anything too exotic for cost reasons unless there's a huge performance improvement to go with it.