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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by api on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @11:09AM (#40211844)
If you want electric trucks it seems like the no-brainer is (in addition to lot tenders) local delivery vans. I already see electric Amazon vans everywhere. You go out, make the day's deliveries, then come back and charge while docked. It's an obvious fit.

Long haul trucking is the worst fit for today's EV tech.

Building more freight rail and electrifying it is another option for (some) long haul transport that isn't discussed enough.

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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by HumblyTossed on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @11:17AM (#40211941)
> Building more freight rail and electrifying it is another option for (some) long haul transport that isn't discussed enough.

Most are, it's just that the electric part is generated by a diesel engine. That being said, they're already several times more efficient per ton than a semi is.

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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by TremendousJudge on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @11:29AM (#40212118)
>it's just that the electric part is generated by a diesel engine

while technically correct, not a useful observation

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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by flextheruler on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @11:45PM (#40219291)
What’s the proposition to “electrify” trains? Batteries or a live wire everywhere there’s train tracks?

Both seem really inefficient to me with our current technology.

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Re:Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, ... by TremendousJudge on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @11:11AM (#40224401)
Yes, around the world electric freight locomotives are powered by overhead lines, and more occasionally by a third rail. It is a mature technology and the US is an exception among industrialized countries (China, all of Europe, Russia, Australia, Japan, etc) in that they use only diesel for freight.
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