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Electric vehicles just don't scale up. Its just the nature of batteries, and really only way to overcome it is to have electrified network - trams, rail. The b
by me_me_me 3y ago
Electric vehicles just don't scale up. Its just the nature of batteries, and really only way to overcome it is to have electrified network - trams, rail.
The bottom line for using batteries is simple and unavoidable (with current infrastructure)
The longer the travel distance the more bateries you need. The heavier cargo the more batteries you need. And the longer it takes to charge them. Batteries dont decrease in weight like diesel as journey progresses.
It seems that the maximum we can take EV cargo is small local delivery trucks for inner cities.
And Tesla itself is providing evidence for it. They have a video of Semi journey, where its repetitively overtaken by normal truck (they drive slower to save battery), their commercial partner use case is crisps/chips ie. carrying 99% air with 1% potatoes (semi serious joke).
So I wouldnt trust any EV truck company. And any creative solutions to the 'battery scaling problem' by changing the infrastructure seems to be pointless as you instead could just build more rail - a far superior cargo solution.