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On the one hand, a ton of people have giant diesel trucks for no reason other than anatomy comparisons, on the other: diesels are more fuel efficient, and have
by olliej 4y ago
On the one hand, a ton of people have giant diesel trucks for no reason other than anatomy comparisons, on the other: diesels are more fuel efficient, and have greater torque than petrol. If you compare to EVs you have to consider the working scenario for a truck that does benefit from diesel: You have a fixed amount of time under load, after which you have significant charging downtime, in the order of hours if its in typical rural areas which don't have superchargers everywhere.
- gaadd33 4y agoYou know people who own big rigs to show off? I haven't really seen people driving those as personal vehicles before, the closest I've seen are F550 based RVs since smaller truck chassis wouldn't be legal or able to carry that much weight.
- olliej 4y agoI do know of it, but that isn't super relevant. In true commenter form I had not read the article :D I had assumed they were using "truck" in the US sense (e.g. a ute or pickup) rather than big rigs, because wtf would you want to force trucks to use bigger and less efficient engines, instead of oversized utes which are the bigger environmental hazard.
- wilg 4y agoI think as battery (and charging) technology improves the downtime will become a non-issue pretty quickly.