> first we need to roll this system out on all highways, then everybody needs a BEV Essentially your complaint seems to be that we don't get a free lunch, but

> first we need to roll this system out on all highways, then everybody needs a BEV Essentially your complaint seems to be that we don't get a free lunch, but that's never been an option You have only 3 options: large expensive batteries on every truck, smaller batteries + overhead wires, or some kind of fuel like hydrogen. In all cases you need new vehicles, and in all cases you need new infrastructure to handle charging and/or fuel. Production of fuel from electricity and it's distribution is always under 40% efficiency. So if you want efficiency, the only question is cost of overhead wires vs cost of larger battery in every truck. Most of the battery would be spent travelling long distance on large, straight roads, and those are also the easiest roads to electrify. Also what's with the complaint about energy billing? We can put a 5g connection into every car and make it charge us for heated seats, but measuring energy is a problem?