The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who drives trucks

Re:The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who ... by epolanski on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:26PM (#33927224)

Electricity cost is much higher in the US and almost 10 times more expensive in Europe.

Also, a diesel engine can easily run millions of miles, I don't believe a battery's efficiency would hold even few hundred thousands. Teslas don't at least and degrade around 10% every 100k miles, with most dying before hitting 400k.

Like everything those calculations seem always based on best case scenarios and ignore that batteries are super expensive and degrade at each cycle.

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Re:The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who ... by DoesntMatter22 on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:37PM (#33927979)

Diesel Engines are rarely getting more than 6 or 700k without a 30k+ rebuild. You make it like they are all going millions of miles, that's not accurate.

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Re:The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who ... by themagician on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:29PM (#33927253)

Hence the big "IF".

Still, some companies will be able to realize the gains. They can invest in solar on site. The people purchasing these often have warehouses with 1,000,000 sq ft of roof space.

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Re:The Tesla Semi cab from the practical POV of someone who ... by maxerickson on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:35PM (#33927308)

My residential retail electricity is 0.098 per kw-h. Midwest prices are generally decent, but the town is buying from ~1 large utility to get that rate, with a few solar panels perhaps lowering costs some of the time. Seems like there is room to do better just going to market, and there is certainly room to do better by buying directly from new solar installed in the next few years.

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