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Re:The Tesla Semi Is an Engineering Failure by chakhs on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:26AM (#28266224)
Cargo transport needs long distance and big capacity. You don't need those in cars so they're not comparable. The video is not against electrification, it just argues it doesn't work with cargo transport, it is very inefficient.
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Re:The Tesla Semi Is an Engineering Failure by rascul on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:58AM (#28266521)
> Cargo transport needs long distance and big capacity.

In the US, "Approximately 50 percent of the weight and 37 percent of the value of goods were moved less than 100 miles between origin and destination in 2015" according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [0]. This is well within the range of the Tesla Semi. I'm not sure the capacity of the Tesla Semi, though.

[0] https://www.bts.dot.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/docs/FFF_201...

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