You didn't answer my question as to how much the charging trailer is going to cost and the increased cost for an electric tractor trailer .........
Tractor trailers break down on a regular basis and there are companies that can either tow them or repair them on site of breakdown. On site repair ain't gonna happen with an EV semi.
And for what it's worth, empty weight of an 18-wheeler is 35,000 pounds, and the loaded weight cannot exceed 80,000 pounds.
Do you realize the size and weight of the batteries needed to run that EV semi? The batteries alone will substantially reduce the max weight a semi is allowed to carry on to a weight station.
Did you actually even read the article?
The cab remains standard. Should the electric drive in the trailer faile it doesn’t disable the vehicle the vehicle just looses the benefit of thr reduced fuel need when towing that trailer until it’s fixed.