Go Elon!
Are repair costs included ?
They don’t talk about payloads.
A number of years ago it was claimed that trucks could haul freight up hills far faster than diesel ones, and get up to speed faster too. Not sure those are reasons to switch, or even to add to a fleet of combustible engine trucks, but in certain areas where mountain travel is common, it would cut down on delivery times
And free and plentyful electwicty hooked with long cowrds
“Needs more work, but seems to be progressing in the right direction”
Exactly what direction is that? What problem is it trying to solve?
All these electric trucks at the end of the day were very low charge thus requiring hours of charging time.
Every single combustible engine can easily out distance ALL those numbers with less time to fill and at the end of the day turn around and make the return trip with no delay, just fill and go again.
Many trucks now will do just that, swapping drivers and make a round trip route, sorry but I do not see how this is a success for these trucks.
Real world...
(chortle)
EV sucks. This is crazy.
Sure. Better. But these numbers have to go a LONG way to catch up to or eclipse a truck running on diesel.
I guess in the “real world” estimates better be close to reality or you won’t make any money. See the F-150e numbers for how NOT to do that.
I wonder what the infrastructure costs at the warehouse facility were per truck. I am assuming they would have to plug in every night. That means a BIG 440v(?) system for each vehicle? That has to add a decent chunk to each vehicles initial cost.
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?
The article is preceded by dark picture of dozens of dark cloud emitting towers and chimneys.
These pictures are artificially darkened to portrait doom and gloom of fossil fuels.
In reality, they emit mostly just water and the “smoke” is water vapor, white by definition.
And, by the way, they produce electricity needed to power these trucks!
How much does a diesel rig of the same size weigh, compared to the electric rig, empty? 82K and how much was freight? What is the cost of the battery replacement? Diesel trucks go a million miles with only maintenance.
Can it do 0-60 in 2.9 seconds while pulling 80,000 lbs?