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re: Tesla Semi could be ‘the biggest catalyst in trucking in decades’

Posted on 9/8/17 at 8:58 am to
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 9/8/17 at 8:58 am to
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Not all trucks operate between nice, neat terminals and operate on nice, smooth interstates (not that most interstates even qualify as smooth). One prime example is lowboy trucks. They have to unload their loads in places like lumber yards, rail yards, job sites, quarries, or mines.


So they hire a last mile driver and pay 10% of what they pay currently
Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
5073 posts
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:03 am to
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So they hire a last mile driver and pay 10% of what they pay currently



I thought the same thing. I'm sure the river pilots will try to get in on that action.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
64963 posts
Posted on 9/8/17 at 9:11 am to
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So they hire a last mile driver and pay 10% of what they pay currently





So you think there would be little cost associated with hauling the load before it had to be passed off to a human? Pray tell how many batteries would it take to haul something like this?

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