Tesla Big Rigs get amazing 330 miles on a charge! With no payload!

[TJC]

EV long haul trucks will win me over when a fully loaded rig makes the trip from Las Vegas to Denver via I-70 through the Loveland Pass and Eisenhower Tunnel on one charge and the recharge takes less than 30 minutes. That's 750 miles. Until then it's only a pipe dream.

Presently, I doubt it could cover 200 miles.

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[ctechbob]

I think EV trucks do have a use case, but long-haul trucking isn't it. For a regional truck doing local deliveries that parks at home base every night and can charge then it is a fantastic idea. Same thing with the Rivian Amazon vans.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can't fight physics. There's no magic bullet. Until you come up with a technology that can store the energy at the same or better density than hydrocarbons then you're going to have range issues.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

Long haul is a long way from EV, but what % of trucks are long haul? Three million semis in the USA, I'd bet less than half average over 300 miles per day.

Then there's 10 million straight trucks, probably less than 20% average 300 miles per day.

Currently there is ~300,000 new trucks sold each year, so 30+ years to replace the current fleet, before they have to look at long haul trucks.

I'm not pro EV or anything, just noting it's a long time before replacing 1500 mile fuel range is an issue.

Of course that doesn't address that 70% os USA's electric grid is still run on fossil fuels, so the whole green movement is a joke anyway. Nor does it speak to the electrical grid already working at near capacity with places like California having brown outs each summer as is, and requesting EV owners not to charge their cars at times. We are a long way from the battery and charging tech we need to make the transition the governments are pushing on us, it will bring interesting times as we approach our government's plans to ban ICE sales for personal use.

 

[Fawnbuster]

I bet the trailer is full of lithium batteries, all nicely spliced together

 

[9zero1790]

this could be sooo much better if tesla would simply add a diesel generator to the trailer that charged the trucks batt - ohh. wait. never mind. we have that already ? ?

this is not even tech. electric cars and trucks = older than every member of r5g. this is tired tech, new package, new rhetoric.
bio diesel is my choice of step in the correct direction. we already have plenty of setups that will work with it, its a more environmentally friendly option and does not require a clown shoes infrastructure cluster hump to put in place. but running on crisco does not really trigger voters or equate to tax dollars i guess.

 

[9zero1790]

EV long haul trucks will win me over when a fully loaded rig makes the trip from Las Vegas to Denver via I-70 through the Loveland Pass and Eisenhower Tunnel on one charge and the recharge takes less than 30 minutes. That's 750 miles. Until then it's only a pipe dream.

Presently, I doubt it could cover 200 miles.

not to throw off the thread but ive been meaning to ask how the leg is and if the new meds are doing the deed.

 

[Sharky]

how does a refrigerated trailer work on an EV ?



and then there is this........

 

[KJRR]

this is not even tech. electric cars and trucks = older than every member of r5g. this is tired tech, new package, new rhetoric.

Lots of people forget or never even knew we've been down the battery powered auto route before. They catered to women and the wealthy since there was no messy gas or fumes and you didn't have to crank to start. They had an advantage over gas vehicles then, there wasn't a gas station on every corner. Of course they still had the same problem then, range and charging.
Some things never change and those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
There really is very little new in the auto industry.

 

[Jim C]

They aren't saying what the payload was, but it's not empty.

I love this forum! Some of you remind me of my late grandfather, who was born in 1899. He hated change and thought technology came from the Devil!

are you sure it wasnt Mama?

 

[pbethel]

Why does no one consider the unchanging increased weight of the battery trucks?
There are at least 2 problems with this:
First: heavier trucks are more destructive to the roads. Don't want potholes in our pristine. highways. Feds allow EV trucks a higher weight limit.
Second: truckers often run with less than full tanks to stay under weight restrictions. Less fuel=more cargo and still legal at the scales.
Much like Elon's PU, not ready for prime time.

 

[Jason B]

Lots of people forget or never even knew we've been down the battery powered auto route before. They catered to women and the wealthy since there was no messy gas or fumes and you didn't have to crank to start. They had an advantage over gas vehicles then, there wasn't a gas station on every corner. Of course they still had the same problem then, range and charging.
Some things never change and those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
There really is very little new in the auto industry.

Yeah, well cars used to run on steam engines, too.

 

[TJC]

Of course that doesn't address that 70% os USA's electric grid is still run on fossil fuels, so the whole green movement is a joke anyway. Nor does it speak to the electrical grid already working at near capacity with places like California having brown outs each summer as is, and requesting EV owners not to charge their cars at times.

California has this figured out. All EVs must be bi-directional by 2030! They want too suck your EV dry at their whim. They view your EV as their power source.

This proposed law has passed the State Senate and is moving through the system.

Oh, and there is no mention in the law of paying for that stolen energy.

 

[TJC]

not to throw off the thread but ive been meaning to ask how the leg is and if the new meds are doing the deed.

I responded over in the I bent my wheelhorse thread...

 

[Rhino]

I think EV trucks do have a use case, but long-haul trucking isn't it. For a regional truck doing local deliveries that parks at home base every night and can charge then it is a fantastic idea. Same thing with the Rivian Amazon vans.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can't fight physics. There's no magic bullet. Until you come up with a technology that can store the energy at the same or better density than hydrocarbons then you're going to have range issues.

one company tried this.. it was smith electric and it worked for awhile but then fell through... in large citys it works but anywhere else it just doesnt work well

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

California has this figured out. All EVs must be bi-directional by 2030! They want too suck your EV dry at their whim. They view your EV as their power source.

This proposed law has passed the State Senate and is moving through the system.

Oh, and there is no mention in the law of paying for that stolen energy.

They want to limit when you can charge, then they will take power from your car when you do plug in. Brilliant!

I wish I was s-m-r-t like California, lol.

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