The future of trucking rolls forward in Shell's experimental big rig

FOX News ^ | January 13, 2025 | Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report

[sit-rep]

Until it has to go over that hump at the railroad tracks...

[PIF]

Not to mention decoupling the tractor from the trailer when one rolls over.

[Tell It Right]

My wake up call for the Dims' stupid warmageddon was Obama's EPA forcing Alabama Power to shut down a coal plant and replacing it with "clean burning natural gas fueled" power. A process that cost over a billion dollars. For now, already existing natural gas plants that were used for reserve power are now used for constant power (we have less reserve power waiting on standby for high demand times). The Dims changed their minds about natural gas before Alabama Power could build a new nat gas plant.

And Biden's EO's in his first week in office made it harder to drill for natural gas, ostensibly to save us from our carbon sins. And jacked up our natural gas prices (which also jacked up our power rates). That's why I have a lot of decentralized solar now.

[Parmy]

Kind of reminds me of something I saw a long time ago.

[ridesthemiles]

LOOKS Quite AERODYNAMIC

[ridesthemiles]

HOW LONG BEFORE KEYSGTONE PIPELINE GETS GREEN LIGHT

JAN 20 21 22 ??

[Red Badger]

I hit a deer once on I-70 in Kansas near the Missouri line................in a PINTO!............

[Bonemaker]

They’ll have to have a transfer station at the California border.

[oldtech]

One thing concerns me. Would wide use of natural gas in big trucks tend to decrease the price of truck fuel or would it increase the price for home heating? Seems we are getting pretty well hosed on that already, although it is the best way to heat a home in my opinion.

[Vaduz]

For their next revolutionizing commercial trucking 20 mule teams with a wagon.

[lurk]

How does it get over railroad humps and city curbs?
How much torque does it have on mountain climbs?

[Mr. Blond]

How does it handle speed bumps?

[bert]

More importantly, what is the range?

[bert]

The Tesla electric semi is not only in current production but is actually being purchased. A new giga factory is under construction in Nevada to make a tremendous increase in production.

Use by fleet trucking companies makes the electric semi’s ideal for their intended purpose. Pepsi has a trial fleet to deliver to warehouses. One such semi travels up to 1,000 miles per day in more or less continuous service.

The Tesla electric semi is not an R&D exercise, it is real and on the roads

Meanwhile, my diesel Sprinter is 18+ years old with 316 k miles and said to be good for at least 500k.