Good news... dreaming of BEV Class A
Report of Tesla coming up with million miles battery. Truckers and haulers can start dreaming too. Alternative title: How to tick off EV naysayers. Brickbats, incoming! Tesla's Millione M...
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JRscooby wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
Long haul, BEV is problematic. A driver can run up to 14hr per day. Assuming an average of 50mph, that's 700 miles. If they use a team, the truck can essentially drive an unlimited number of hours with just short stops for bathroom and to swap out drivers.
Might want to check facts. A driver can not drive after he has been on duty for 14 hours. But the most he can drive is 11, then must spend 10 in sleeper or off duty before can drive again. 550 miles would be pushing the limit for a day. But for EVs, terminal to terminal, driver or not, if the range was 300 miles, set the terminals at about 250. Truck pulls in, yard hand dollies down, un-hook and swap tractors, and the trailer load is back on the road.
Don't you think they will somewhat relax the "sleep time off" requirements for EVs?
Team driving can theoretically drive 24 hours in a day.
