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by bsder 785 days ago
> I assume most of the trucks are out during the day, so you need batteries to store the generated power until the truck can be charged at night.

Why not just double your fleet size instead?

That's a bit extreme, but this is the kind of optimization that your bean counters are good at. You probably don't need to double your fleet but just keep enough that you can shift the consumption curve or take advantage of price changes.