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"fhrblig" (fhrblig) 04/20/2019 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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I wonder what’s up with this test mule.

There was this other one with a different color bed, too.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > fhrblig 04/20/2019 at 15:08

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Maybe HD Hybrid?

fhrblig > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/20/2019 at 15:33

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Could be. I wonder how much the fuel savings would be . I’d be interested to see a hybrid version with a Cummins, too.

bhtooefr > fhrblig 04/20/2019 at 15:57

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I suspect it’d depend greatly on the duty cycle.

For urban/suburban duty (as with maintenance trucks, as well as people commuting in a HD, which absolutely happens), it could help a lot, there’s a lot of kinetic energy available to harvest, and a lot of mass to get moving again.

For highway duty cycles, if done well, it could help a gasoline engine a lot, by preventing it from operating in extremely low load regimes, and using that energy during periods of extremely high load.

However, many systems aren’t done well and don’t help much in highway cycles. And, even a well-done system won't help a diesel much here (because low load on a diesel is still fairly efficient).

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > fhrblig 04/20/2019 at 16:18

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Composite bed material testing maybe 

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > fhrblig 04/20/2019 at 16:34

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The gas version would be just like the 1500 hybrid with the Hemi. A diesel hybrid could finally surpass a Semi-truck for hauling power 

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 04/20/2019 at 20:55

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That’s what I was thinking.  These beds may have outlasted their last cab chassis and have been transplanted to the newer cab.  That would explain the colors being off.