[SPDSHDW]

Still 4 tons less cargo they can haul, and unlike diesel, those batteries weigh the same regardless of how full they are.

[rarestia]

those batteries weigh the same regardless of how full they are.

Not exactly. Battery weight changes based on charge. Try it with a AA or 9V. When it's new, it'll weight more than when it's exhausted. The same goes for these batteries.

[cymbeline]

“batteries weigh the same regardless of how full they are.”

That’s bothered me since I was kid. You buy a battery and when you throw it away it weighs the same as when you bought it.

A great thing about diesel and gasoline is that they don’t burn without air. Those liquids are very safe when in a tank and even if out in the open will burn only as fast as they can get oxygen.

A lithium battery on the other hand is, worst case, a self contained explosive.

[montag813]

Still 4 tons less cargo they can haul, and unlike diesel, those batteries weigh the same regardless of how full they are.

Which is perhaps why FritoLay was the first named beta-tester/customer. Doesn't take much weight to haul a truck filled with Doritos.

[rxh4n1]

Frito-Lay, that’s a helluva heavy load. What’s a semi load of potato chips weigh? 100 lbs?