Posted on 09/19/2023 6:05:43 AM PDT by Cronos
These are not 18 wheel trucks. These are delivery trucks. BIG difference. This is “last mile” use, not over the road.
[[solutions looking for a problem to solve. ]]
Democrats do- they live by develop8ng “solutions” to things that aren’t broken and work perfectly fine
thanks - that was interesting....
Did you see the charging times in the article? One truck was on charge for 3 hours.
Up to 81000 lbs. There was no mileage attached to that.
I've driven those mountain passes numerous times. I've had to pull over on occasion and let the brakes cool off. I could see smoke coming off the trailer wheels. If that truck got over about 30 miles an hour and you had to stop you had a problem. They don't slow down fast on flat ground.
Hitting the tractor brakes hard could cause the trailer to jackknife. They have runaway gravel truck ramps for rigs that can't stop. Never had to use one but I've seen those that did.
“Did you see the charging times in the article? One truck was on charge for 3 hours.”
Which was an uncommon out-of-network event. As more superchargers are networked that won’t be occurring.
“These are not 18 wheel trucks. “
They ARE 18 wheelers!
I run 105,500 pounds loaded each day, over mountain passes. Refueling takes 5-8 minutes every 700-800 miles and I can get diesel anywhere along my widely varying routes.
Being in the Pacific Northwest and transporting propane as my only commodity, winters are my busy season - also over snowy mountain passes and at temperatures that are far below optimal battery operating conditions.
My fuel costs in CY 2022 were $117,000 - more than double what they were during President Trump’s tenure - or 27% of my gross revenue.
I’ll keep my old 3406E Cat motor, thank you.
When one of those things lights off, it will be spectacular. How many weeks will it take to burn itself out?
“If you were a good engineer you would see the advantages.”
If you were an engineer you would know that is a false statement.
I don’t expect the Forrest Gump of FR to understand such concepts.
Since you’ve got a big mouth, why don’t you answer just what problems the EV industry is trying to solve.
IF they had a limit of about 80,000 pounds and were using Pepsi products for a test load and NOT pillows, I would think they would wish to do serious & realistic testing.
Stop! You're killing me.
IN the midst of COVID-—IN the LOCKDOWNS-—Traffic on LA freeways was able to travel at 60 +++ because there was no conjestion.
BUT-—THE SMOG WAS AS BAD AS THE LATE 50’s/early 60’s.
That is a stupidly evasive answer/remark.
Ad hominem attacks one of your specialties?
I’m not sure how that makes sense. Fewer vehicles equals *more* smog? If there was smog I highly doubt it was due to the vehicles (wildfires?)...as the technology is vastly different than the 50’s & 60’s respective to emissions. Today, even under normal traffic loads, car emissions are very low - nowhere experiences the smog of the past (in the USA).
The last city I saw real smog was Beijing, China.
Very good question but based on Tesla’s cars, regenerative braking is probably included.
A very true concern is REAL stopping power.
All Tesla’s run into brake over heating very quickly when pushed to the limit.
Changing to carbon ceramic fixes the problem but you then loose regenerative brakes.
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