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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think an automated battery swap system would work best for OTR trucking. Pull in, battery packs swapped, off they go. The charge for much larger batteries would take longer, or at least would be better done not attached to a vehicle for maintenance or in case of thermal problems.

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There’s a company doing this already. Giant battery sits behind the cab. They drive up, unplug it like a LEGO with a huge robot arm, plunk in a new one and good to go.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

I think an automated battery swap system would work best for OTR trucking.

Yes, that and other commercial vehicles that put on a lot of miles in a day, every day.

[–] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Not to mention, most of these trucks are very standardized in their dimensions and parts already. This is probably the biggest thing that will hurt small vehicles is picking a subset of standardized dimensions that will fit multiple models.