So... to clarify: that bold-faced text is actually not a headline for that article, but rather a caption on a video within it that doesn't say that, or is even talkng about the runs. It's talking about battery chemistries.
Nowhere in that article, nor in the
Pepsico article it references, does it discuss if thet was a run
without charging.. it just simply says that's the length of one of their routes.
The
Run On Less Event Stats Page has the graphs, and I had been doing some calcs as
@GhostSkater was posting them from the various days to determine likely full-charge range based on their charging sessions, and didn't see any where they had gone a full 500 miles
without charging. And extrapolating out he mileage from the amount of charge they did use got them
close, but never 500 for a full charge that I saw, but they also were often travelling >55mph for good chunks too.
So, while I suspect they are indeed capable of 500 miles on a charge when doing 55, as has been stated, I don't see anything saying PepsiCo has hauled 82K lbs 520 miles without charging... and if you
are going to stop and charge, you could just as easily say "800" miles.