“The Tesla electric semi is now coming off the production lines and are already sold. The Tesla Electric semi is going to replace tens of thousands of diesels in many company fleets”
Interesting...Tesla semi cost 120k more than a new Diesel. That difference will buy about 21,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Modern diesel trucks will get about 7-9 mpg and the motors last 600,000 miles or more. Electricity isn’t free so the break even point is hundreds of thousand of miles. Sure Tesla doesn’t need as much maintenance but if the trucks are like the cars they will go through very expensive tires quicker. Time will tell how many miles the motor / battery pack will last on the Tesla. I just don’t see how buying Tesla trucks is a slam dunk decision for Fleet Operators.
Now when the rats get back into the Whitehouse, to the detrement of taxpayers, the tax credits / rebates will be a flowing.
I am in Nashua NH. ALL the city buses run on natural gas. That Methane comes into NH via pipeline from the mid Atlantic, Canada and LNG tanker into Boston.
So, there is a fair amount of logistics and infrastrucure to get it here. Not like PA, OH, NY, WV or other places where it is only a very few underground trapped in the Shale rock.
My point is that there are a lot of places where a Semi truck could run on Methane. that is because that truck returns to the distribution facility EVERY NIGHT.
Walmart has a huge distribution facility in Raymond, NH. Their trucks deliver to the stores all over New England from there and return to that facility to reload. If they can do this with city buses, why not semi tractor engines?
It seems like there is a lot of wasted energy turning that Methane into electricity to turn a motor.