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it was more the power requirements than the economics.
For a small in-town delivery truck, like a US post van then plugin is a no-brainer.
But that's a 30,000lb truck with a 300hp motor. To do that on plugin is not going to be practical with todays batteries.
Assuming capital cost isn't a factor for utilities, the battery pack for a tesla is pretty state of the art =53KWh at 400kg
If the diesel truck gets 9mpg and gas is about 34Kwh/ga - diesel a bit better, that's 4kwh/mi
So assuming the ICE is 50% efficent and the electric is 100% it should do twice that.
Even then the tesla battery pack is only going to get it about 20miles.
I think for 10ton trucks hydrocarbon fuels are going to be around for a while.
For a small in-town delivery truck, like a US post van then plugin is a no-brainer.
But that's a 30,000lb truck with a 300hp motor. To do that on plugin is not going to be practical with todays batteries.
Assuming capital cost isn't a factor for utilities, the battery pack for a tesla is pretty state of the art =53KWh at 400kg
If the diesel truck gets 9mpg and gas is about 34Kwh/ga - diesel a bit better, that's 4kwh/mi
So assuming the ICE is 50% efficent and the electric is 100% it should do twice that.
Even then the tesla battery pack is only going to get it about 20miles.
I think for 10ton trucks hydrocarbon fuels are going to be around for a while.