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'As we electrify everything everywhere all at once to deal with global warming,
one of the questions that comes up is: "What about trucks?" And the answer is
the same as for every other form of ground transportation: electricity via
batteries and maybe with grid-ties.
Let's disambiguate a few things here as there's a lot of nonsense thrown around
about trucking, much of it from the trucking industry and a bunch of it from
the rail industry it competes and interacts with.
Trucks come in multiple sizes and operational characteristics. Most of them
have fairly narrow geographical reaches and loads. Think Amazon delivery vans,
garbage trucks and 18 wheelers that bring produce and other food products from
suburban distribution centers to big grocery stores every day. None of these
trucks anywhere in the world have any problems at all with running on
batteries. Range and load just aren't issues.
As a case in point, Pepsi is now running 21 Tesla Semis on regular routes of up
to 450 miles to and from its Sacramento, California distribution center. They
are carrying Frito Lay potato chips and full loads of soft drinks.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
