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this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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Actually, big rigs being all ev is fine for last mile / in-city delivery.
You want any shipping to back heavily on rail for any distance, don't you?
Germany's electrified highway system looks very promising for longer distance truck transport too. It's basically the same system that overhead electrified rail uses. That way the battery only needs to be able to get the truck to and from that highway, the distance covered on the highway is charging time.