Good points, but how many trucks are involved in local transfer, as opposed to over-the-road? Perhaps the local transfer (warehouse to store; warehouse to delivery point; etc.) routes with all of that starting and stopping on surface streets will mark the first level of change. Transfer drivers rarely log more than…

A HUGE number of trucks are local loop only. Think of every delivery truck running to Target, Walmart, Kroger, etc. Along with UPS and USPS and FedEx. And muni busses, along with garbage trucks and cement mixers and Class VIII tow trucks.

All of those are local haul, with good reasons to want massive torque from a…

Number 2 can easily be accomplished by any large fleet that uses its own fuel, much like UPS does with their CNG trucks.

Both of those are solvable hurdles. A third problem would be that the current cost of a trailer is relatively cheap, and they’re often dropped off and picked up by different trucks — moving batteries to the trailer floor changes the model currently in place regarding trailer ownership and swapping.

Similarly, this…

A lot of big trucks deliver loads more regionally, like a distributor which delivers goods to a metro area. Not all travel 800 miles in a day. 200 miles could work for a regional distributor, especially if you give it regenerative breaking for all the stop and go.

Owner-Operators may do 80mph, but there’s no fleet in the U.S. that goes above 70. And fleets are what do the vast majority of hauling

I believe that’s the specific duty that Tesla wants to design the first generation of trucks for - local delivery, not long-haul.

This thing is a fuel cell and I imagine high duty cycle vehicles like trucks may adopt fuel cells even if consumer vehicles use batteries. The fueling networks are easier to build out for their use case and the advantages are more significant.

Regarding one, I always say this when it comes up but electric trucks make a ton of sense for local delivery distribution. I drive for a freight delivery company currently and I’d say we put in around 100 to 150 miles on average and electric would make a huge amount of sense. I’m not sure what the charging situation…

Or you could swap out the entire floor of the trailer, or transfer the entire cargo from a depleted trailer to a fresh one. I’m not even sure which one of those makes the least sense...

I see two potential issues.

35k lbs? Ok, so the empty semi goes pretty well. Now add a typical 40,000 lbs of cargo and see how it goes. Empty runs prove little to nothing about tractor trailers.

Who the hell wants a show room car? Who knows who sat in it? All the bugers they flung in there. Hell no. New car now please!

Fuck lanesplitters only if you’re formally engaged. Lanesplitting is safe, is legal in Cali now and will be in more states soon, and it’s good for everyone because it reduces the number of vehicles and people wasting time and fuel in heavy traffic. The only downside to lanesplitting is crybabies who feel “cheated”…

I Just looked at your handle, you are 100% that asshole that speeds up every time you’re passed.

But they aren’t in the same line as you. It just happens to be that their line is moving faster because there are less people in it.

Here is how I think of it:

You are going through the bank drive-through and you’ve forgotten your ATM card, forcing you into the teller-attended line.

Now, as you are sitting there, 5…

FFS.

Aww...your feewings get hurt because somebody gets there before you?

No, what’s wrong with lane splitting? It should be legal in all states. Just fuck people acting like dicks.

not a lane splitting issue. just an idiot issue.