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Re:Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade by gambiting on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:58AM (#27131110)
Like I said in another comment - commercial drivers have to stop for 8 hours every 8 hours of work by law anyway(in UK/EU), so there's plenty of time for charging. Even at the relatively common 150kW charging speed you're charging 1.2MWh(!!!) Capacity every 8 hours. I really don't think trucks will come with megawatt-hour capacity batteries, but if they do then 8 hours are long enough to charge such a battery with infrastructure that exists today.
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Re:Volvo and Daimler bet on hydrogen truck boom this decade by SigmundA on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:28AM (#27131444)
Tesla is claiming "under 2kwh/mile" for their semi. At 2kwh/mile your looking at a megawatt for 500 miles range which is close to an 8 hour drive.

There will need to be stall where a semi can park for 8 hours using a charger.

Local deliver makes sense also city buses obviously and thats already happening. Long haul will need a lot more charging infrastructure to make sense.

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