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Long haul truckers don’t usually just pull off somewhere random and sleep. They sleep in places made for them to park generally. Truck stops aren’t necessarily
by hellotomyrars 4y ago
Long haul truckers don’t usually just pull off somewhere random and sleep. They sleep in places made for them to park generally. Truck stops aren’t necessarily set up for it in the parking but if the charging is fast enough to get them through without jamming up the works, then it is no problem. But it isn’t impossible to refactor the parking places to accommodate them either.
Plenty of long haul are also team drivers so they switch when they hit their legal limit for consecutive driving hours. So the downtime for charging is a bigger issue in that arrangement.
But there is still a non-trivial number of drivers who are home every night and only drive in a limited area. Range is still a sticking point, but if it is long enough then those trucks are ideal for an EV since they have regularly scheduled downtime.
- warmwaffles 4y agoShort haul trucks are going to be relatively easy to target for electric. That last mile from a distribution center or local delivery is going to be a quick one to solve.