Did you read the article? They specified that the comparison was in trip time. They were able to make the trip 20 minutes faster due to the fact the electric was able to maintain speeds on inclines while the diesel was not. May not sound like much to you, but in highly-regulated industries like trucking that can quickly add up to a rather significant difference.
ETA: not only that, but trucks on hills will stall traffic less, and special “truck lanes” may no longer be needed on steep hills - cutting both construction costs and space needed for such.
Faster than what? What did they race? All they say is an equivalent vehicle. How did they choose that?
You know they make engines with displacements from 7L to more than 12 L. You can get a suped up 1200 HP powerplant that would blow this out of the water. Would that be a fair comparison? Obviously not. Is this? Impossible to say with the info provided.
Not a word on charging speed, battery capacity/range, etc. It’s cool, but I hate when articles are more marketing fluff than science.
I suspect that ‘equivalent’ is doing a LOT of heavy lifting.
Did you read the article? They specified that the comparison was in trip time. They were able to make the trip 20 minutes faster due to the fact the electric was able to maintain speeds on inclines while the diesel was not. May not sound like much to you, but in highly-regulated industries like trucking that can quickly add up to a rather significant difference.
ETA: not only that, but trucks on hills will stall traffic less, and special “truck lanes” may no longer be needed on steep hills - cutting both construction costs and space needed for such.
Faster than what? What did they race? All they say is an equivalent vehicle. How did they choose that?
You know they make engines with displacements from 7L to more than 12 L. You can get a suped up 1200 HP powerplant that would blow this out of the water. Would that be a fair comparison? Obviously not. Is this? Impossible to say with the info provided.