Comment on Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola

sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ladicius@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Recuperation on a truck is a no-brainer. At least I hope it is.

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  • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My comment was a slight on their first demonstration. They didn’t have any driveline hooked up and basically rolled a rebadged chasis downhill to impress investors. Nikola is a sacm company

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    • ladicius@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, OK. Somehow that’s very funny. Investors are a dumb bunch sometimes.

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      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re telling me that all this (waves vaguely at capitalism) is just a confidence game, and basically a house of cards?

        shocked pikachu face

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  • Fermion@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s only the case for cargos that are volume limited, not weight limited. That’s why Lay’s is an early adopter. For most freight, the extra weight of the batteries reduces the legal amount of cargo they can carry. The loss of carrying capacity costs a lot more than the fuel savings for long haul trucking.

    Local delivery trucks should be the first ones to electricity. They have a lot more stop and go and have fairly consistent routes.

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