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I don't think electric trucks are actually ready for the realities of long haul trucking, especially in a country as expansive as the US.
by packetlost 3mo ago
I don't think electric trucks are actually ready for the realities of long haul trucking, especially in a country as expansive as the US.
- TurdF3rguson 3mo agoThey're not ready, that's the point. An incentive like $200 gas is what's missing.
- packetlost 3mo agoNo, I think the technology fundamentally is not there and a decade away even with stronger financial incentives (of which there are already plenty). Between range, charge times, and worst of all: weight. A huge percentage of loads are operating at the limit of what is legally allowed on highways and it's strictly enforced. If you increase the baseline weight of the vehicle substantially, as you must with current battery energy densities, you decrease what can be carried by a single truck proportionally. What will actually happen is literally everything will get more expensive.
- TurdF3rguson 3mo agoChina is already rolling these out, so we know it can happen here if it aligns with incentives.