Driving Time Per Day and Breaks

‘EV’s are maintenance free’? What kinda of balderdash is that? Tires, lights, brakes, A/C, those items are ‘maintenance free?
And make no mistake, for all of you that believe they are ‘getting away’ with not paying road tax because you charge at home, those days will come to screeching halt. Make no mistake, EV manufacturer’s can easily and willfully comply with a govt mandate to have special recharging systems that will only work from a dedicated meter that you need to purchase if you want to recharge at home.

 

Love em or hate em.

Technology stands still for no one.

I like having cleaner air. And being able to see the mountains these days. Unless the fires are raging.

 

What people are failing to mention is that drivers will do what they need to do to earn that paycheck. If swift bought all new EV trucks and told all their drivers to charge up mid day and during sleep break that is exactly what they will do. Obviously there would need to be charging stations in every spot at basically every truck stop and rest area for a carrier to even consider it.

Another option would be to do a battery swap but drivers will abuse that system when they get a new battery pack they will want to keep it. Kind of like trailers.

Can solar produce enough electricity to power a truck? A typical trailer roof is 8’x53’.

Nuclear is probably the best option. Either nuke powered trucks or nuke powered chargers.

I dont think it will happen anytime soon but more powerful and silent emissions free trucks would be fine with me.

I think Elon will be delivering freight with his new giant rockets before the infrastructure is in place to make EV OTR trucks anywhere near workable (on a large scale).

 

Why do people assume this to be true?

It isn't.

Most EVs other than a leaf and Porsche, last a long time unless they are damaged.

There is a bigger recycling movement than there is an EV movement, the batteries are recycled or repurposed.

 

Yeah there is a massive new battery technology breakthrough which will allow batteries to be much lighter last longer and charge much faster. something to do with a new material that conducts electricity with near zero resistance and it produces little to no heat as well. Probably be a few years for it to be mass produced and widely available at a reasonable cost.

New quantum state boosts material's conductivity by a billion percent.

 

I have no doubt some drivers love noise and smoke exhaust 3 feet from their heads while they sleep every night.

Most people dont want to remember that the tesla is by far the fastest car on the road these days. And I do mean faster than Lamborghinis and Ferrari fast. Ludicrous fast.

It’s a weird thing nowadays where people think EV is some diabolical plot by a political party. So many take a hard stand without any reason other than they think pollution is awesome or something. Probably what goes better with guns but diesel soot lol. To me, that is easily one of the oddest twists Ive ever seen in all my days, and there are a lot of odd divisive twists on both sides in todays America.

 

Reasonable cost? Have you priced batteries lately, especially lithium ion? I was shocked when pricing an electric chainsaw. The battery( $200) was almost more than the saw ($259) that did not include one with the sale. Nice, huh?Many generations from now, our grandkids, if any, will see what a ripoff this whole electric phoophery was.

 

We are in the mist of a trade war and supply problems. In 5-10 years the cost of electricity in America will be near zero due to wind and solar coupled with battery storage.

We are feeling the heat right now because we are transitioning away from fossil fuels probably too early but make no mistake, the US will be in an enormously advantaged place in 5-10 years.

If you need proof look how Saudi Arabia is doing everything it can think of to transition to being a technology powerhouse. The writing is on the wall and it’s clear as day.