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Anphear
Jan 20, 2008

tangy yet delightful posted:

With their production line issues I honestly wonder if they will make it that far as a company without a massive re-org that drops the semi thing for a time.

But assuming it makes it to production and there aren't major QC issues, the use case of local deliveries and drayage is the most optimal for the terrible battery limitations on distance that you face. I can see it being cost effective on a large scale starting in the major port cities especially on the west coast with the more strict emissions requirements.

What would really interest me is hearing the opinions of actual semi-truck drivers who have gotten to drive the drat thing.

They have potential to be super useful in ports/short haul/ yard work and somewhat on around town local runs. But I suspect the best way to operate a fleet would have 1 spare so that you can drop trucks off to charge depending on how low your one is.

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