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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by lucaspiller on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:26AM (#15774868)
I’d argue that these trucks would be a much better fit in Europe than the US. Here truckers can drive a maximum of 9.5 hours a day with a 45 minute break. These are mandated by law and the pentalties are severe for going over these limits.

The range also lends itself nicely to this. Over the course of a day a trucker would drive a maximum of 855km (they are limited to 90/h), so with a short fast charge during their break the 500 mile version could easily achieve this, then over night it could be charged slower.

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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by PeachPlum on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:48AM (#15774919)
In the UK we also have very narrow delivery windows e.g. Be at Tesco in this 30 minute slot or pay a steep penalty. Scheduling a charging slot will not add much difficulty.

Logistics researchers have also been working on this problem for years. You can find paper after paper in the literature.

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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by erk__ on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:13AM (#15775157)
On other hand it looks to be about a meter longer than most trucks in Europe so that would mean it has to use shorter trailers, and I do not think the weight has been released yet, but I think it is going to be more than trucks now. And the maximum permitted weight in EU is 40 (except if you transport containers then it is 42).
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