Right now, Volvo has five electric trucks in southern California, with another three soon to arrive. They are more expensive than traditional trucks that run on the internal combustion engine and that run on diesel fuel. But over time, they will pay for themselves. Not only do they not use fuel, but they also do not have as many components and thus, they cost less to maintain.
The batteries that run those electric trucks are also getting better and cheaper. The newest lithium-ion batteries have 20% more density, allowing the trucks to go at least 150 miles in a given day without having to be recharged. In comparison, long haul electric trucks can go at least 300 miles while cars can travel at least 60 miles.
The trend can’t happen quickly enough. The transportation and electricity sectors account for more than half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. And in 2016, CO2 concentration levels had surpassed the 400 parts per million threshold, which is the red line where climate scientists say that the ecological impacts of warming are irreversible. Thesays that they are at 416 parts per million as of May 2020.
“There are the same parallels as solar, which is a lot of interaction between the government and the private sector to drive this forward and gain scale,” says Bob Stojanovic, director of electric vehicle infrastructure North America at ABB, which is creating the software programs and the hardware to build out the needed charging infrastructure. “Once this is achieved, then those incentives are not needed. The cost will come down because of the scale. And it is self-perpetuating.
So, it is not as easy as just building the trucks and creating the charging stations. That said, Stojanovic has an upbeat view of market potential: the electric vehicle segment, generally, is growing at 35% a year, he says, which has the potential to double once the technology is proven and is scalable.
nikolamotor
davidsomtoo Don't you guys think this will in cure more unemployment globally?
That great.
Electric? EV Freedom Act would put chargers across the country into government control. A flip of the switch for power hungry people like governors Whitmer, Cuomo, Pritzker, Newsome, Walz, and all crazed democrats. Nope. No thank you!
AndrewYang
Good but don't trust that elon musketeer
$nkla
👍🤘🇺🇲🤘Some kind of electric avenues on all our major highways could be built to feed them, saving not only on fuel, but the planet as more nuclear, wind, solar energy sources play a more important role.
xostrucks is going to take over this industry!!!
Electric motors produce all the torque in the world, of course they embrace it.
Soon you’ll find yourself living out your dream and you’ll be so grateful that you didn’t give up.
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