This entire article is based
This entire article is based on phantasy, 7 cents a kwh? That's the lowest I've seen anywhere in the country, the average is 15 cents a kwh and on top of that the study have shown that superchargers are 4 times the cost of the local electricity. So this isn't even close, REAL numbers would be the national average of 15 cents a hour, times 4 for the supercharger for 60 cents a kwh. Multiply by 400 kwh and your at 240 for the trip. Not to mention one of the reasons it's been delayed is they where testing in ohio and with a loaded truck struggled to get 100 miles in winter time. For those who don't k own lithium ion is a chemical reaction to charge and discharge electricity. Like everything else this happens slower in the cold, at 32 degrees you loose 30% battery capacity, and take 30% longer to charge. All numbers provided for range and such at at 72 degrees everything above and below that starts to reduce battery capacity. Finally the flow of electricity generates heat, heat increases resistance, increased resistance causes increased electricity usage as it takes more power just to flow through the system let alone actually do work. In other words electricity looses range exponentially faster when loaded than a ice engine because while the work needed to move the load is the same, the parasitic losses from friction, heat, ect grow exponentially as the vehicle is loaded down. Meanwhile a semi empty vs fully loaded only sees about a .5 mpg decrease as the system itself doesn't use extra energy to function