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Compared to Tesla, it seems Volvo’s gone a different route. While they don’t mention the total range, the trial distance being ~70km one way (with 12 hr/day dut
by sheepscreek 3y ago
Compared to Tesla, it seems Volvo’s gone a different route. While they don’t mention the total range, the trial distance being ~70km one way (with 12 hr/day duty cycle) suggests they might be targeting low distance heavy transport.
Semi’s high range means it needs a bigger battery, combined with the non-stop use takes a large toll on them. Someone in the other post speculates the cost of replacing them could be $170k. Volvo’s model likely gets around that with smaller batteries - leading to lower cost of maintenance.
- kalleboo 3y agoThe current trial use of Semi with Pepsi seems to be the same use case as Volvo. They only have day-cabs, and every day Semi returns to the transport hub. The long-range continuous-use stuff is still a future goal.
- laurencerowe 3y agoWhile there would be some efficiency savings from carrying around less weight, I'm not sure one should expect lower maintenance costs with smaller batteries since the wear per cell would be higher in inverse proportion to the size of the battery.
- sheepscreek 3y agoThat’s a fair point. Volvo fitted with smaller batteries but travelling a comparable distance as the Semi will result in more charge-discharge cycles for the Volvo. That can lead to more wear.