“I have worked with trucking firms that are testing battery technology in their fleets even now, and I can assure you that nobody has produced a battery-powered Class 8 tractor that provides a lower life-cycle cost than a conventional diesel tractor.”
If true how do you explain your ignorance of EV dynamic braking going downhill?
Even the most advanced dynamic braking system in the world doesn't do anything to help EV technology bridge the gap with ICEs for heavy trucks.
Here's all you need to know about the trucking industry when it comes to heavy truck EV applications:
1. Nobody is buying EVs through their regular fleet procurement processes. They're all being purchased on a pilot basis through their corporate "sustainability" initiatives.
2. See Item #1. The only companies buying heavy EV trucks are the ones that are big enough to even have corporate sustainability departments.
3. Money Quote (heard repeatedly in the trucking industry): "If the government didn't require us to use these in State X or Port District Y, we wouldn't even think of buying them."
If true how do you explain your ignorance of EV dynamic braking going downhill?Using your "dynamic braking" logic Pepsico should have their distribution facilities at the top of Donner summit.
Then their heavy deliveries will all be down hill in both directions to Cal. and Nevada.
They can charge their dead batteries on the down slope and return empty on fully charged batteries never needing charging stations.