[Dreami]

At least from the truckers I watch on YouTube from Germany, there is already a shortage of rest stops for trucks. Sometimes you can see them even in the entrance of the rest stops, parked in a dangerous spot. If they all have to charge, then that becomes a problem, because they can’t find a space even „creatively“.

Not saying that electric trucks are bad, just one more problem to solve

[vladvasiliu]

Yes, I was thinking about this exact situation (drivers waiting around in the "wrong" spots). But that is already a problem, which should be fixed, whatever energy the truck uses. So if they should increase parking spaces anyway, might as well add charging infrastructure while at it.

Yes, I know it's a bit more involved than just pouring concrete and calling it a truck stop, but at some point politicians need to actually do something about this push for electrification.

[crote]

The hard part is getting the NIMBYs to let you build any truck stop. Adding a bunch of chargers afterwards is a piece of cake.

[mothballed]

That's interesting. In blue collar parts of USA it is not too bad to get a truck stop in. Truckers are a constant flow of money into town that is welcomed, and more importantly they just stop at the highway exit area and then get the fuck out after shedding their currency without going into actual town where the residents live.

[eru]

The electric truck doesn't make anything worse here, does it?

[mapt]

So build them stops.