Tesla plans to sell trucks: big semis, pickups, too

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14. An electric semi would be great for local deliveries

Example: The Budweiser distributor in my area runs a fleet of 40-foot beverage trailers. The only ones that run over 100 miles a day go to the county south of mine and to the county north of mine. Everyone else is doing in-town runs...drive two blocks, shut down, deliver and refire, drive three blocks, shut down, deliver and refire...all day long. Never mind the pollution, think about all the fuel they're burning on those restarts and all the excess crap in their oil. Great job for an electric truck.

The only way you could possibly survive with an electric over-the-road rig is to run three-man teams. Solo drivers couldn't pull it off because of the hours of service regs, and a two-man team would eventually get caught between the FMCSA and the battery charger, but a three-man would work - switch drivers at every battery charge and never stop moving. All three of them would eventually starve to death from lack of money, but the freight would get there.

I've said it before and will again now: The Future Of Transportation can't rely on one energy source. There's going to be rail, trucks, planes, ships, electric cars, and yes there will be some liquid fuel in the mix. There are things it will always do better than anything else.