Wonder What Sam Walton Would Think Of This

[wildebill308]

I am hoping some of the technology trickles down to the TV industry. This is Walmart's new concept truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NER9X4_gtYk

Bill

[blakeloke]

Wow.....thanks for sharing Bill!

[tbutler]

Holy Mackerel Bat Man that is way cool! It looks like you could drive that to the space station! The view from the cab is amazing. Wonder if we can get Peterbilt working on new motor home designs?? I assume you meant RV, not TV!

[wildebill308]

I never seined anything saying I could type or spell.

I think a composite body on aluminum frame with composite bracing would shave about 40+ percent of the weight. I like the electric drive with a small power plant to keep the battery's charged.

Here is something I posted (somewhere else) about using composite:

I like carbon fiber parts. The only problem is you need a autoclave to cure the finished/semi finished parts.

Here is a link to my old job where you can see several autoclaves in the top picture in the article.

http://www.compositesworld.com/news/sierra-nevada-lockheed-martin-unveil-dream-chaser-composite-structure

I was working on the F-35 and it has a lot of composite. With one this big you could make the entire RV from composite.http://www.aschome.com/index.php/en/asc-completes-worlds-largest-autoclave

There are places doing work on building parts with out using a autoclave.

http://www.gmtcomposites.com/why/autoclave

I think you will see more use of 3D printing to make parts.

Bill

[manholt]

Hi Bill. Merry Christmas.

Nice thought for the RV Industry, but a tad expensive, I would think. Have yet to see the WM truck in real time.

Carl