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Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by jojobas on Monday December 05, 2022 @03:58AM (#33863126)
For an owner-operator it is indeed all or nothing, and these are more than 50% of all semis. Stake his livelihood on a dubious technology or stick to the proven one?

Only a handful of companies run thousands of trucks and could afford a small scale experiment.

Package delivery is a different beast, the vans are guaranteed to spend the night at the base every night.

Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by _ph_ on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:11AM (#33863212)
It will take a long time to make enough Semis to replace a large fraction of ICE trucks. So this will be a smooth transition where they are deployed first for duties which make it a nobrainer, like scheduled routes which are driven every day. As the market share raises, the usage scenarios will expand.
Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by bombcar on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:19AM (#33865221)
It’s hard to find exact numbers but it is likely that OTR trucking accounts for more than 50% of all miles but less than 50% of all trucks.

Many smaller companies have a small fleet of trucks for local deliveries to their branches, and some will be willing to take a look (even if just for the publicity, etc).