CA really is different in a number of ways. I've spent half my adult life there. CHP pulls trucks and RV's/towing over for any speed over 55. We learned this the hard way.
As you know, regenerative braking does not use the brakes, it uses the motor. Here's a little blurb:
He did his homework on this topic. Nuclear is by far the greenest, safest, cheapest and most reliable source of energy known to man. Nothing else comes close. Even (the smart) die-hard environmentalists agree. Why I changed my mind about nuclear power | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxBerlin - YouTube
Estimates are the Tesla Semi is about 2,000 pounds heavier than a traditional diesel. If the Semi were 20K pounds heavier, it would be of little use, right?
Lots of semis haul freight that no matter how full the trailer is it won't be heavy. In my past life I would drive truck out of the line drivers local and would work for Coca Cola USA hauling soft drink syrup concentrate Those trucks were always loaded to as close to 80,000 lbs as possible. The local trucks probably aren't loaded so heavy. Losing 2,000 lbs of cargo revenue can be costly if weight rates are the revenue . Like anything else in life the right tool for the job is what matters. The industry will over time prove the viability [$$$$$] of the semis. They as cars certainly would be nice for delivery where we see and I will use soft drink or beer distribution, there the trucks go to the store and unload and stock the shelves then drive a few miles and do it again.
Do to my low IQ I ponder many things like what it takes for power water and sewage. What it takes for airplanes to fly all over nation or world, Shipping etc, or how products are developed and built and marketed..Oh, I know, I'm the resident BITOG nuclear advocate, lol. See my Ontario Nuclear Update threads
Shellengerger is a bit of a contentious figure, but overall, I think he tries to present a well-reasoned position on most subjects that he engages, nuclear being one of them. One of his more controversial points is that we'll continue to need gas and fossil fuels for the foreseeable future unless we want to go back to living like it's the 1700's. He's not wrong, but it gets spun like he's a fossil fuel advocate.
Folks pitch storage and other options but really haven't done any calculations on what that actually looks like. VRE advocates like Marc Jacobson typically make wholly unrealistic assumptions about transmission and storage in order to contort their view into something that can be spun as "viable".
Yup, most of which aren't going to be able to be powered by sunshine and breezes.
Not correct, the diesel engine and components is much more heavy than the electric motors replacing it.
ok thanks I was basing the 20,000 on the battery capacity and the resulting weight ,that's to meet the claims of the tractors range, if it only weighs 2000 over a current road going semi they must be built of exotic stuff humm?
the big names that place orders are paying for them out of the advertising budgets try not to get too excited about modern wonders.they mostly disappoint .
