Gary, you have only scratched
Gary, you have only scratched the surface of the missing complexity that was not addressed in this article. A construction company bought an electric excavator, it works for 2 hours and has to charge for eight (sometimes using a diesel generator). How many years can one expect deep cycle batteries to last? Pretty sure that it will very greatly based on the Duty cycle of the truck. After completing 300 miles pulling 140,000lbs (Canadian weights) over the course of a fourteen hour day, How long will it need to charge before it can complete another trip? How long will that battery last before needing replacement? At what cost? Will they be available or will it be like current used leaf and tesla car market where the cost of replacement batteries exceed the remaining economic value of the vehicle? So have you taken into account the disposable nature of the semis being created? This entire article is a non-sequetor, however the comment regarding government making fuel artificially high, As a Canadian paying a carbon tax, is the entire goal of the Idea of a carbon tax. So for the comment in the thread saying that part of the comment is non-sequetor is disingenuous at best.