What kind of batteries would the trucks need? They must be HUGE! Add their weight to the payload’s weight, and you have an extremely heavy vehicle that will destroy road surfaces and bring down bridges.
Semi’s are limited to 18,000 lbs (18 kips) total load per axle. This is the basis for most roadway structural design, and the reason why overweight vahicles get a significant fine/upcharge on permits.
Batteries are going to eat up a large portion of that loading limit.
And don’t get me started on battery-powered mass transit buses. Diesel buses are already overweight for the number of axles - a sop to the American bus-building crowd back in the early days of mass transit development in the US; at the time, only European bus makers could meet the weight limits. They tear up the roads a LOT more than a semi-trailer combo. I would expect battery buses to be considerably worse.
Road construction-—making 4 lanes where there are only 2 lanes now-—35 miles or so.
Had to go on that road last week.
THE HUGE EARTH MOVERS ARE MARVELOUS.
CANNOT IMAGINE TRYING TO USE ONLY BATTERY POWERED-—AND THERE ARE NO CHARGING STATIONS OUT THERE......
EVEN LARGER MACHINES IN MINING....
WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED IN LITHIUM MINING???