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Are they going to even need drivers?Just conjecture here... Battery packs lining the bottom of the trailer, 1000+ miles. Powered by trailer battery for long hauls. Driver and tractor do not need to wait for charging. Just hook up to new loaded recharged trailer and go! Network of Tesla Semis at hubs trailer gets charged and moved on to next stop. Drivers can only haul for 14hr straight so hubs can be spaced according to that.
At first, I think so. After technology has been proven, One driver may only be needed per convoy.Are they going to even need drivers?
I forecast this:Luntiks you have yet to make your prediction.... we wait with baited breath, cast a spell on us with cleverness or be cast asunder
Just conjecture here... Battery packs lining the bottom of the trailer, 1000+ miles. Powered by trailer battery for long hauls. Driver and tractor do not need to wait for charging. Just hook up to new loaded recharged trailer and go! Network of Tesla Semis at hubs trailer gets charged and moved on to next stop. Drivers can only haul for 14hr straight so hubs can be spaced according to that.
Drivers can haul for 14 hours straight?? In Europe it's 4.5 hours I think (with a 45 minutes minimum pauze) - that's obviously a different business case, in terms of battery size/charging speed...Just conjecture here... Battery packs lining the bottom of the trailer, 1000+ miles. Powered by trailer battery for long hauls. Driver and tractor do not need to wait for charging. Just hook up to new loaded recharged trailer and go! Network of Tesla Semis at hubs trailer gets charged and moved on to next stop. Drivers can only haul for 14hr straight so hubs can be spaced according to that.
Drivers can haul for 14 hours straight?? In Europe it's 4.5 hours I think (with a 45 minutes minimum pauze) - that's obviously a different business case, in terms of battery size/charging speed...
I must admit to cheating because I have a friend who works at Tesla who told me.RDoc wins best post of the day
By lining the bottom of the trailer they can be hot swapped. We shall see very soon!Only problem with that is that the old trailer would need to be unloaded and everything would need to be loaded into the new trailer. Maybe the trailer and the base it rides on are separate, and some kind of crane moves the trailer to a new base?
I am definitely thinking some kind of battery swap will be involved, along with leases on the batteries that include swaps. That'd keep the upfront cost of the truck down, with "fuel" costs becoming just the cost of the lease.