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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by rcMgD2BwE72F on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:54AM (#29690104)
> Battery-electric cars are already pretty hefty for their class

A Tesla Model 3 weights roughly as much as its ICE equivalent (BMW 3 series).

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by sgjohnson on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:17AM (#29691149)
But this doesn’t scale well. Buses will be pulling a lot more weight than a Tesla Model 3 or BMW 3er. And you’ve got the same problem with semi-trucks.

More weight to pull = more power required = more batteries required = more weight to pull. Almost a catch-22 when you factor in the increase in recharge time. For commercial vehicles, a minute of downtime is a minute of the said vehicle not making any money.

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