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Re:Tesla's 'long-haul' electric truck aims for 200 to 300 mi... by stock_toaster on Thursday August 24, 2017 @06:42PM (#15094699)
Or make the trailer itself have a large battery in it that the truck just hooks into, then the truck only needs a small capacity battery to handle moving from trailer to trailer. Then the trailers can charge while they are empty or during loading/unloading.
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Re:Tesla's 'long-haul' electric truck aims for 200 to 300 mi... by hetspookjee on Thursday August 24, 2017 @07:25PM (#15094952)
Trailers are vastly cheaper than the truck. I think it is insolveable to depend on battery loaded trailers. You lose so much flexibility with such a setup. Much better to keep the battery in the truck.
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Re:Tesla's 'long-haul' electric truck aims for 200 to 300 mi... by stock_toaster on Thursday August 24, 2017 @11:18PM (#15095869)
yeah, you are probably right. I guess in the future if you don't need a cab (no human driver), and you don't need heavy fuel tanks (plus full fuel weight), you can use much of that space to put quite a bit of battery.
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