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Re:Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders t... by DerArzt on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:45AM (#30766693)
Tom Scott did a video[1] on this that tackles the problem of electric trucks in a different way. Instead of charging somewhere or swapping out a battery, what if we charged them while they were in a specific lane of a highway.

[1] https://youtu.be/_3P_S7pL7Yg

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Re:Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders t... by everforward on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:51PM (#30768467)
I'm wondering how well that will scale if all/most of the trucks become electric. I would think the friction would create issues from both heat and mechanical wear.
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