Electric Trucks Viability

Discussions center on the feasibility, advantages, and challenges of electric trucks for heavy-duty tasks like towing trailers, long-haul transport, and hauling, often comparing them to diesel trucks and citing examples like F-150 Lightning and Rivian.

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Kerrick May 22, 2021 View on HN

One of the things I need a truck for is to tow a trailer with cows inside to (and back from) a facility that can extract eggs, implant embryos, etc. Unfortunately, that route doesn't follow any interstate highways and is about 180 miles each way. I'd absolutely LOVE to tow them with an electric truck and eliminate emissions from the picture. I've been eagerly awaiting something like the Cybertruck/Lightning, but until they get MUCH more mileage or hot-swap batteries I just ca

anesmike May 15, 2020 View on HN

Simply put, there is not a battery big enough for these trucks, the trucks are too massive ,the battery would be massive,it unfortunately will not work, just the laws of the universe.

dotancohen Sep 22, 2023 View on HN

This actually sounds like quite the argument for electric trucks.

willio58 Nov 2, 2022 View on HN

Electric trucks will surely fill that gap

dymk Mar 29, 2023 View on HN

Electric trucks are in the works too

pstuart Oct 2, 2019 View on HN

Electric trucks can't get here fast enough.

thedogeye Apr 26, 2016 View on HN

Why do you think that? What if the trucks were electric?

epolanski Dec 9, 2022 View on HN

Maybe electric trucks are not a good idea yet?

FredPret Jun 29, 2021 View on HN

Electric engines will fix that; especially for trucks

mensetmanusman Nov 7, 2023 View on HN

Trucks are huge in us and need an ev option.