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Sysco takes delivery of 10 Freightliner electric semi trucks, plans to buy 800 (electrek.co)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely correct. The sheer weight of the batteries needed for long haul trucking would be entirely self defeating. Not to mention the time needed to charge then

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if pantograph trucks will be a widespread strategy to electrify long haul trucking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not a chance. Trains make infinitely more sense at that point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So, trains between major cities, and short haul trucking to small cities and within cities? Sounds like a reasonable plan.

Do we have enough trains and tracks to replace the current global long haul trucking fleet, or will we need to build more?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Rail still exists in a lot of the US, and around the world. It's also less expensive to build and maintain new rail compared to highway lanes. And that's before you include the externalities like deaths from brake dust, pollution from rubber dust, increased traffic, traffic fatalities, road delays, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Trains make more sense for long haul freight generally. Long haul trucking exists because governments heavily subsidize the infrastructure they run on.

The future is rarely people doing what makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's why we're still warming the planet at a damning rate, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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