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Electric trucks with ranges of 800 km and charge times of 30mins are on their way, of course diesels have longer ranges, but that extra range is some what pointless if the government mandates that you have to have regulated breaks before you get to 800 kms anyway.You can point to long range driving like the Nullarbor but even that is not impossible, and there is plenty of low hanging fruit in the trucking industry before Ev's have to compete there anyway.Also, Ev's do so well hauling loads up hills etc compared to diesels that have to drop town to low gears and inch up hills that a 30min charging stop after 8 hours probably doesn't even slow them down, especially because the driver would need to eat and pee after 8 hours anyway.Another point is, every truck stop I went to in the USA had dozens of trucks parked up for hours while long range drivers slept, showered and ate, what a perfect time for charging.
Electric trucks with ranges of 800 km and charge times of 30mins are on their way, of course diesels have longer ranges, but that extra range is some what pointless if the government mandates that you have to have regulated breaks before you get to 800 kms anyway.
You can point to long range driving like the Nullarbor but even that is not impossible, and there is plenty of low hanging fruit in the trucking industry before Ev's have to compete there anyway.
Also, Ev's do so well hauling loads up hills etc compared to diesels that have to drop town to low gears and inch up hills that a 30min charging stop after 8 hours probably doesn't even slow them down, especially because the driver would need to eat and pee after 8 hours anyway.
Another point is, every truck stop I went to in the USA had dozens of trucks parked up for hours while long range drivers slept, showered and ate, what a perfect time for charging.
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