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Tesla just makes the biggest headlines. Freightliner had an electric class 8 truck in production before the Tesla. And they're not the only other company doin
by rootusrootus 3y ago
Tesla just makes the biggest headlines. Freightliner had an electric class 8 truck in production before the Tesla. And they're not the only other company doing it. I trust Freightliner to make a big truck a lot more than I'd trust Tesla.
- Robotbeat 3y agoThe thing with Tesla's semi truck is the extreme range. Easy to swap in some batteries and make a electric truck. Electric motors and batteries have plenty of power (and gearing can turn that into whatever torque you'd like). It's range, without undue payload reduction. That was always the challenging part. Still is. Freightliner is nowhere near the 450-500 mile range you'd need. They're half that.
- jojobas 3y agoThe extreme range doesn't eventuate unless you're hauling air (aka potato chips).
- ChuckMcM 3y ago230 max miles though, and 90 minute recharge. With range margin that is 2 ninety minute stops for a 500 mile day. But I would certainly agree that 230 mile range, reliably day in and day out would be better than 500 mile range "sometimes" And low reliability. Because trucks are less size constrained I was hoping flow batteries would have a play here but alas, no progress on that in the last 5 years.