Posted on 11/21/2022 3:58:25 AM PST by NautiNurse
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 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 or so?
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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.
simply unaffordable.
Good idea.
The article mentioned 100-200 miles/charge. At best, the electric big trucks could move from port to a transfer station where they would hook up to a diesel truck for long haul. Nutty, but it’s California.
Might need an extra trailer just for the batteries. That’s one of the many problems with EVs: They all have a significant load built right in in the form of thousands of pounds of batteries. Even when their “gas tank” is almost empty, they’re still carrying around the full weight of their “fuel.” That’s why none of the electric pickups can tow much of anything for any significant distance. How much more useless will electric semis be?
Teams of elephants. Slow but steady coast to coast.
If the USA was self sufficient in manufacturing then we’d not need to worry about ports at all.
Oh, can't you just see the animal activists' heads exploding...
There’s some green energy we could exploit. How many BTUs can we get out of leftards having hissy fits?
>>when you have your utopia in 2035<<
Numerous talk shows are playing Biden’s saying we have a reprieve. The banning doesn’t start until 3035!
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