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"There’s only one way to know if electric trucks can really replace
diesel-fueled trucks: load them up with cargo, put them on the road and collect
the data to see how far they can go.
That’s exactly what 10 freight depots in North America have been doing over the
past two weeks. And so far, the data indicates that the latest electric
medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks are increasingly ready to handle a lot of
North America’s freight-hauling needs.
The data comes from trucks participating in
Run on Less – Electric Depot, a
three-week-long test-drive event organized by the North American Council for
Freight Efficiency, a nonprofit research group. Back in 2021, NACFE did its
first electric truck test, and the findings showed that the vehicles available
then were capable of handling the shorter-haul routes of about 100 miles or
less that make up roughly half of all daily freight movement in the U.S.
This round of tests indicates that today’s trucks can go quite a bit further,
Mike Roeth, NACFE’s executive director, said during a Monday livestream
showcasing early results. In fact, the range and the recharging speeds of the
21 trucks being tracked have roughly doubled compared to the fleets NACFE
tracked in 2021, he said.
“This gives us real data, real-world experience to look into the future a bit —
and I think the future of battery electric commercial trucks is bright,” he
said."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/226-eighth-continent/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
