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This is great news. The adoption of ev’s will only occur when it is economically advantageous. Capitalism prevents it from playing out any other way.
If a company like Sysco has calculated that it is in their best interest to move to ev’s, the rest will follow.
Probably no more than 10 years before the majority of freight trucks are ev’s.
Probably no more than 10 years before the majority of freight trucks are ev’s.
I hope you're right! I can't wait for fleets of quiet trucks that don't belch diesel exhaust!
That'd be great. Can't wait till the whole supply chain, from cargo ships, freight trucks, and last mile delivery, all stop burning fossil fuels
Its economically advantageous for Sysco because they are in the business of short haul freight. Batteries have plenty of power to do daily deliveries from warehouses to customers, or suppliers to warehouses.
Long haul trucks are not feasible with battery electric trucks, which is why both freightliner and pieterbuilt's ev offerings are just short haul trucks with a day cab.
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
I wonder if pantograph trucks will be a widespread strategy to electrify long haul trucking?
Not a chance. Trains make infinitely more sense at that point.
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?
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.
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.
That's why we're still warming the planet at a damning rate, yes.
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