[mojomark]

This!!! I've told everyone who'd listen for years that an electric motor is the better option for a pickup trucks due to the more appropriate matching of the torque curve to the hauling load demands.

When my beloved '00 Ram 1500 died about 5 years ago I decided to hold out for an electric truck that I assumed would be coming to market. Looks like I may finally get my chance shortly. I honestly don't know if the cumulative environmental footprint is better, but I do know an electric motor will be superior.

[war1025]

Trains are electric motors powered by diesel generators. Seems like it should be an easy sell for people that whatever trains do is an effective way to handle heavy loads.

[steve19]

Submarines too!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine#Diesel-electric

[noipv4]

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV can do this too (replace diesel with gasoline)

[slowhand09]

Trains don't do hills very well. Train tracks are always mostly straight and level. They do that extremely well.

[war1025]

And freeways have regulations about what the maximum road grade can be to prevent trucks from slowing down too significantly on hills.

That's just a law of converting massive amounts of kinetic energy into potential energy as the weight goes up hill.