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Re:This Year, Autonomous Trucks Will Take to the Road with N... by bryanlarsen on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:27AM (#25730156)
If so, why not use cars without alternators? 48V mild-hybrids have much higher capacity starter-generators instead of alternators, and electric cars can generally pull power from their batteries at the same rate they can charge it. For example, for a Tesla Model 3 that's 250 kW.
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Re:This Year, Autonomous Trucks Will Take to the Road with N... by slfnflctd on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:53AM (#25730556)
Hybrids are absolutely the most effective way to go here in the near term, there is just no question in my mind. I'm honestly very, very surprised we haven't seen that take off yet-- either it's a lot harder than it looks, or owners of large fleets are irrationally gunshy. I've been expecting it to show up and start kicking ass any minute now for at least the last 7 years.
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