David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)It sounds as if electric trucks are great for long-range land transport. But they require heavy batteries, so rather than putting them on the road (where they'll damage the road surface), why don't we build special metal tracks for them to go on? And, on long trips, join a bunch of them together so that you only need one motor and driver for a load of them travelling in a convoy? I bet you could make freight transport a lot more efficient if you did that.
Jaakko Niemi@david_chisnall The logistics sector here is adopting electric trucks at accelerating rate. These are 40 to 60 ton vehicles that move the stuff to grocery stores etc. They typically do two driver shifts per day. Interesting thing is that this is all beancounter operations and it's the cheaper option.
The Penguin of Evil@liiwi @david_chisnall Friends I have in trucking tell me the upfront cost is way way higher (but improving) however the operational cost in the UK is something like 25% of the cost of running a diesel truck. Partly that's fuel and partly down time. Trucks do enormous mileage so they spend a surprising amount of time in bits having things replaced due to wear and tear.