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For an owner-operator it is indeed all or nothing, and these are more than 50% of all semis. Stake his livelihood on a dubious technology or stick to the proven
by jojobas 4y ago
For an owner-operator it is indeed all or nothing, and these are more than 50% of all semis.
Stake his livelihood on a dubious technology or stick to the proven one?
Only a handful of companies run thousands of trucks and could afford a small scale experiment.
Package delivery is a different beast, the vans are guaranteed to spend the night at the base every night.
- _ph_ 4y agoIt will take a long time to make enough Semis to replace a large fraction of ICE trucks. So this will be a smooth transition where they are deployed first for duties which make it a nobrainer, like scheduled routes which are driven every day. As the market share raises, the usage scenarios will expand.
- bombcar 4y agoIt’s hard to find exact numbers but it is likely that OTR trucking accounts for more than 50% of all miles but less than 50% of all trucks. Many smaller companies have a small fleet of trucks for local deliveries to their branches, and some will be willing to take a look (even if just for the publicity, etc).