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Whats the charge time? And what is the range of a typical semi these days? Is 500mi average?
by ProAm 6y ago
Whats the charge time? And what is the range of a typical semi these days? Is 500mi average?
- PopeDotNinja 6y ago"Range for a diesel semi truck is limited more by the allowable driving hours for the driver than by the truck itself. It’s not unusual for a truck to have dual 150 gallon tanks. 300 gallons at an average of 7 MPG gives a non-stop range of more than 2000 miles." https://www.quora.com/What%E2%80%99s-the-average-range-for-a-diesel-semi-truck#:~:text=Range%20for%20a%20diesel%20semi%20truck%20is%20limited%20more%20by,of%20more%20than%202000%20miles https://www.quora.com/What%E2%80%99s-the-average-range-for-a....
- castratikron 6y agoWonder if the legal hour limit will be extended if you're using autopilot
- pkaye 6y agoI don't think so since the driver still needs to be alert.
- FriendlyNormie 6y agoEven half of HN can’t get this drilled through their fat skulls after years of it being pointed out complete with gore videos. God help us all.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoQuite a bit farther - I think 240gal tanks, 5mpg is fairly common. Costwise the tractor itself seems comparable, I wonder if the plan is to use the Superchargers, or to build charging capacity at truckstops (or both).
- reaperducer 6y agoProbably both. I haven't seen all of the Supercharger stations, but the ones I have seen aren't in places where a tractor trailer could park.
- eyesee 6y agoWith a 1 MWh battery and assuming a 1MW charger (reasonable given the name "Megacharger" and that 250kW superchargers exists today) should be around an hour. There was some speculation that a [Megapack](https://www.tesla.com/megapack https://www.tesla.com/megapack) could back a Megacharger to provide simplified deployment of these chargers to customers.
- waterhouse 6y agoThe video on the page claims 400 miles of charge in 30 minutes (13:15 into the video).