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by hwillis 3224 days ago
Trucking can easily be electrified and the majority of transport related co2 including airplanes, trains, and cargo ships is from personal light road vehicles. Cargo ships are less than 2%, trains are less than 1%. Airplanes are around 7%. Around 30% is trucking. Construction vehicles are all electric/hydraulic already but more importantly are an insignificant source of co2.

Long distance semi tractors drive 500-800 miles a day. That doesnt require a huge battery.
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hueving 3224 days ago
>Long distance semi tractors drive 500-800 miles a day. That doesnt require a huge battery.

You're joking right? Do you realize how much weight they tow compared to the weight of a Tesla? On top of that most of the Tesla weight is the battery itself.

Battery powered semis for long haul is absolutely not a solution.

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hwillis 3224 days ago
see my actual math on the subject: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/4u0yci/why_i_w...

>On top of that most of the Tesla weight is the battery itself.

That is very, very wrong. According to wikipedia the Model S' battery weighs 540 kg, while the car weighs 2,200 kg.

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