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Re:Hyundai rolls out 27 heavy-duty hydrogen trucks in Germany by lostapathy on Thursday August 04, 2022 @06:09PM (#32348937)
> so it's not like they are driving around at 75mph.

Plenty are in the US. A lot of people from other countries don't appreciate just how much open space there is to cover here.

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Re:Hyundai rolls out 27 heavy-duty hydrogen trucks in Germany by bshipp on Thursday August 04, 2022 @09:43PM (#32350496)
Cars yes, but with diesel over $5.00+/gallon there are very few trucking companies that will allow their drivers to go over 65 mph. It's simply too expensive.

The ones you see driving around at 70+mph are usually owner-operators who don't have their trucks governed.

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Re:Hyundai rolls out 27 heavy-duty hydrogen trucks in Germany by rootusrootus on Friday August 05, 2022 @12:45AM (#32351789)
Owner operators are very common, I think.

Anecdotally, as someone with a lot personal experience driving an RV down the road capped at 65mph, I get passed all the time by big trucks. I do see plenty that are likely governed at 65 though.

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