[bayindirh]

> If that’s the case, they’ll make a single 300 km trip or day. I doubt that the business case for that is strong.

Europe is much denser when comapared to US. You can do a lot within 300KM in Europe. Volvo openly states that the trucks are "to be used for regional transport and urban construction operations in Europe".

The trucks in question and the possible range is very well suited to this kind of operation.

Also, there's another important factor: Noise. Some European countries are more sensitive to noise than others. The Netherlands and Sweden comes to my mind.

These trucks will be a huge win on that front because a 44 tonne truck is not exactly silent, especially under load.

[stoddur]

I live in Norway and I can tell you, 300 km will not suffice. The thing is, when you have other trucks on the market with more range (e.g. Tesla-Semi), and likely, much better charging infrastructure, why would you go with Volvo?

Volvo has a way to go if they want to compete in this market.

Noise wont have any effect as it is not government regulated. A buyer of Semis wont think twice about noice if $ / km is lower.