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> Most charging, in the context of consumer electric light vehicles, takes place at home overnight.

This is why I said "If you don't live where you park with access to low-cost charging"

> Fast charging is more expensive than [...]

... gasoline, often.

Which surprises people when I mention this, as they've been told electric is cheaper. A lot of truck owners don't own the place they call home.



There’s over the road/long haul and end mile trucking. Agree the former will need some logistics around electrical power purchase agreements for stable pricing for mid trip charging between origin and destination, but depots where the trucks are back every night (<~500 miles round trip) are easily supported by depot owned and colocated charging infrastructure.

Still early days in the mobility energy transition (both light and heavy vehicles), so I think there’s a lot of room for electric TCO costs to decline.

(family member was a truck driver for most of their life, so familiar with the operating models)


If you want to see what it's like to actually drive an electric big rig, check out the Electric Trucker[1] on YouTube. He's German but has invested a lot of time in documenting what its like.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker




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