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To: who_would_fardels_bear
And the bigger the battery, the longer it will take to charge it.

Battery-powered delivery vans actually make a lot of sense. The operating cost is definitely lower for an EV van than an ICE van, and for most applications the van is parked at a terminal overnight and has hours of idle time for charging.

Electrifying a Class 8 tractor for over-the-road use is like transporting cargo from Asia to the U.S. in a canoe.

20 posted on 03/11/2024 9:03:55 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Except for, where do you get the electricity? It takes more power generation than legacy fuel to run a car, van or truck.

It doesn’t pencil out unless you build nuclear power.


53 posted on 03/11/2024 3:54:43 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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