Tesla submitted a proposal for a heavy duty charging standard (3MW)

[AMPd]

60,000 square feet is interestingly the size of a small warehousing or distribution center. Your average Costco for comparison is well over 100,000 square feet. I suspect such facilities will offer mega-chargers for drivers to top up before heading off to wherever they are going. Especially if the facility is part of or does a lot of business with someone who has a fleet of trucks (say UPS).

We'll also likely see a lot of charging stations at the rail and port container yards (which are notorious for long waits for truckers) and possibly CFS stations.

Our trucks go to a rail yard everyday and none spend more than 30 minutes there and none of it is actual idle time. All of it is finding the trailer, hooking up and leaving the yard.

 

[brucet999]

Our trucks go to a rail yard everyday and none spend more than 30 minutes there and none of it is actual idle time. All of it is finding the trailer, hooking up and leaving the yard.

Port of Los Angeles container terminal, on the other hand, is famous for long wait times.

 

[EfficientWatts]

CharIN Tuesday GLOBAL

We're going to get some answers on the semi charging system and learn more about the heavy truck charging standard (MCS), as Tesla is presenting at the virtual conference by Charin. See Day 2, which is on Dec 8, 2020; Day 1 is on December 1st, so like a week gap.

What I don't know is how accessible the info presented there will be; hopefully we can get more details.

 

[drdumont]

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doghousePVD said: " 1) There is no driver side on a Tesla semi - the driver is in the center."

Dirty guy! You beat me to it! <g>