Posted on 12/02/2022 1:47:20 PM PST by inventor30
As Tesla has announced their new semi truck
What if one is parked in the middle of 30-40 other EV rigs at a truck stop when it lights off? Can you say Hell on Earth?
You make some valid points and I agree. In my original post I was writing more about 18 wheelers than smaller service trucks. But I won’t be trading my Chevy pickup for a long time.
Recharging an EV is but one of the myriad of problems associated with this lunacy.
The battery pack in the New Hummer H3 weighs over 3,000 pounds to move a 9,000 pound vehicle. The gross vehicle weight of a typical tractor-trailer combination is 20-40 tons or so. How much cargo weight will have to be forfeited in order to allow for the added weight of the battery pack, which will surely be several tons. To say nothing of the increased costs due to the lower cargo capacity per trip.
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The new Tesla tractor trailer has an announced all up Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 82,000 pounds. How much of this weight will be for the battery pack?
An EV typically weighs 40% more than a comparable ICE vehicle, due to the weight of the battery pack. Don’t forget to factor in the increased wear on tires, infrastructure and roads, bridges, etc., along with the concomitant maintenance needs and further damage to Mother Earth Gaia as a result...
Much of our governing elites are beyond belief stupid and reckless. But then again, I have yet to factor in corrupt, mendacious and tyrannically obsessed with control.
None of that really matters when you are driving for hours on a highway and not using the brakes.
“None of that really matters when you are driving for hours on a highway and not using the brakes.”
It works when you ease off the go pedal.
Hook a trailer behind your truck and load it with with just One ton of batteries. What does that do to your mileage?
You can’t defy the laws of physics. Moving weight takes energy.
Thanks to real life videos of people using EV’s for towing we already know that they don’t go far.
I go back to my earlier post. Service trucks in my area spend most of the day sitting idle. Range is not a consideration.
Do you think that everything you eat and buy comes from your area?
The first commercial deployment of electric semis is definitely going to be short range hauls. Reduce battery pack weight, increase benefit of regenerative braking, ease of maintenance and charging back at base every night, more points to environmental impact of eliminating emissions where short-haul carriage is concentrated.
Long range needs a few more years of increasing battery energy density, decreased charging times, and expanding charging infrastructure and EV truck maintenance networks.
“Do you think that everything you eat and buy comes from your area?”
Truckers can only drive 11 hours in a 14 hour window. With a range of 500 miles and 30 minutes for a 70% charge no big deal.
You are ignorant of the present and focused on the past.
Tesla has done the research and has determined there is money to be made making an electric semi. The semi product is like nothing before. It has a drag co efficient equal to many current autos. It is designed from scratch and is not like current semis offered for sale.
You mistakenly believe that Tesla is an electric greenie conspiracy. The Tesla intent is to make money. In China where Tesla is in full production, Tesla is making money by the trainload.
If the driver drives 7 hours for the 500 mile range and needs to charge.
Does the charging time open a new window?
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