• The Promise of EV's rapidly becoming a bad joke

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 30 07:47:44 2023
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.

    ScottW

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 30 08:10:24 2023
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?

    Your petty ignorance is boring.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue May 30 10:03:07 2023
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.

    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue May 30 11:12:29 2023
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?
    If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?

    Your petty ignorance is boring.

    Your inability to discern logic is disqualifying.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 30 16:57:58 2023
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 12:12:32 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?
    If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?


    They don't need them. that's the point.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue May 30 19:32:20 2023
    On 5/30/23 6:57 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 12:12:32 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?
    If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?

    They don't need them. that's the point.

    Hence only one size.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 30 20:08:26 2023
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 9:12:32 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?
    If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?

    I'm sure they will...but while a larger diesel doesn't make a truck wholly unsuitable for
    some tasks....too small or too large a battery does for an e-truck.

    Not only are your apples not oranges, your apples are as rotten to the core as your brain.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 30 20:55:25 2023
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:32:23 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 6:57 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 12:12:32 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time? >> If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?

    They don't need them. that's the point.
    Hence only one size.



    So?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed May 31 09:27:08 2023
    On 5/30/23 10:08 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 9:12:32 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 10:10 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:03:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/30/23 9:47 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-electric-trucks-be-more-cost-effective-than-diesel-ones-new-study-debunks-assumptions/ar-AA1bSpKl

    A different truck configuration for every load....GMAFB.
    Is that why every diesel truck has the same size engine?

    How much does engine size change truck mass, range, and refueling time?
    If EVs can't have different configurations, why can diesels have them?

    I'm sure they will...but while a larger diesel doesn't make a truck wholly unsuitable for
    some tasks....too small or too large a battery does for an e-truck.
    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 31 15:05:35 2023
    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Thu Jun 1 09:20:41 2023
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be

    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 11:26:58 2023
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:20:43 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

    What does that have to do with anything?

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 11:36:38 2023
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    I think you'll be the one surprised and sad.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/the-shockingly-high-hidden-costs-of-owning-an-electric-car/ss-AAWdRiN

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Thu Jun 1 15:34:45 2023
    On 6/1/23 1:26 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:20:43 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

    What does that have to do with anything?

    It has to do with specifying the size of engine you want based on the
    task it is meant to perform.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Jun 1 15:37:56 2023
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be
    specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?

    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 15:26:59 2023
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an engine can't be >>>> specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its intended
    use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update
    us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had
    a different battery configuration.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Jun 1 19:35:39 2023
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an
    engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its
    intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update us with
    your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping
    rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had a
    different battery configuration.

    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I need?

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 20:12:51 2023
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an
    engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its
    intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update us with
    your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping
    rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had a
    different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see that with you.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 22:36:40 2023
    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see that with you.

    ScottW

    One size baby bottle suits Trevor just fine.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Jun 2 07:05:35 2023
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an
    engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its
    intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update us with
    your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping
    rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had a
    different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see that with you.

    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business. I'll update you
    when: I do; EVs for transport are available; and it's impossible to
    specify the size of a load to be transported.

    To recap, you disagree with this from Chalmers: “We have looked at a
    scenario where heavy goods vehicles drive the 553 kilometres between Helsingborg and Stockholm in Sweden. We have compared two different
    battery sizes and two possible prices for fast charging. Our conclusion
    is that it seems possible to electrify this type of vehicle in a
    cost-effective way.”

    Your complaint, a "different truck configuration for every load," is an attempted reductio ad absurdum based on the statement a "realistic
    future scenario is that HGVs will have different battery sizes.”

    It's reasonable to point out trucks have different engine sizes without
    there being a different one for every load.

    Making it personal to me, someone who does not make the
    Helsingborg-Stockholm drive regularly, misses the point.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 07:19:59 2023
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:05:40 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an
    engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its
    intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update us with
    your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping
    rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had a
    different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see that with you.


    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0OYAAOSwvQJe364a/s-l400.jpg

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 07:29:57 2023
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that an
    engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales people its
    intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update us with
    your financial ruin as you lose all your meager savings flipping
    rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find you wish you had a
    different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard waste
    or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.

    I'll update you
    when: I do; EVs for transport are available; and it's impossible to
    specify the size of a load to be transported.

    Exactly....and diesel trucks are quite versatile in their function. EVs.....not so much.


    To recap, you disagree with this from Chalmers: “We have looked at a scenario where heavy goods vehicles drive the 553 kilometres between Helsingborg and Stockholm in Sweden. We have compared two different
    battery sizes and two possible prices for fast charging. Our conclusion
    is that it seems possible to electrify this type of vehicle in a cost-effective way.”

    You're proving my point. And they're not even close to being sure with "it seems possible".

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Jun 2 10:34:57 2023
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that
    an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update
    us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find
    you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see
    that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard
    waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.

    Rent another truck.

    I'll update you when: I do; EVs for transport are available; and
    it's impossible to specify the size of a load to be transported.

    Exactly....and diesel trucks are quite versatile in their function. EVs.....not so much.

    A truck is a truck. Torque: advantage EV. Range: advantage diesel.

    To recap, you disagree with this from Chalmers: “We have looked at
    a scenario where heavy goods vehicles drive the 553 kilometres
    between Helsingborg and Stockholm in Sweden. We have compared two
    different battery sizes and two possible prices for fast charging.
    Our conclusion is that it seems possible to electrify this type of
    vehicle in a cost-effective way.”

    You're proving my point. And they're not even close to being sure
    with "it seems possible".

    Scientific understatement. They did the math and the conventional wisdom
    was that EVs weren't feasible for heavy goods. EV already had the
    advantage for light vehicles.

    ""We have shown that a heavy goods vehicle fleet can be electrified in a cost-effective way. This should lead to companies having the incentive
    to invest in the transition. Financial incentives usually mean that
    changes can be made quickly, and our study is realistic for many
    transport operations," says Anders Grauers, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers."

    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

    "Case Study of Cost-Effective Electrification of Long-Distance Line-Haul Trucks"

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 09:04:06 2023
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that
    an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update
    us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find
    you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see
    that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard
    waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.

    I'll update you when: I do; EVs for transport are available; and
    it's impossible to specify the size of a load to be transported.

    Exactly....and diesel trucks are quite versatile in their function. EVs.....not so much.
    A truck is a truck.

    and this is why the GND will be an epic disaster for everyone.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Jun 2 13:24:11 2023
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that
    an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update
    us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find
    you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see
    that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard
    waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.

    Sorry, I thought you were talking about my fixed unchanging needs and
    your wife's overloaded little truck.

    A trucking company will buy whatever does the job cheapest.

    I'll update you when: I do; EVs for transport are available; and
    it's impossible to specify the size of a load to be transported.

    Exactly....and diesel trucks are quite versatile in their function.
    EVs.....not so much.
    A truck is a truck.

    and this is why the GND will be an epic disaster for everyone.

    Cheaper, less polluting, less bad for the planet. Not exactly a
    disaster, epic or otherwise.

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 12:33:09 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    and this is why the GND will be an epic disaster for everyone.
    Cheaper, less polluting, less bad for the planet. Not exactly a
    disaster, epic or otherwise.

    I perceive a disconnect. You're focused on actual, real, documentable
    actions in motor vehicle technology. From that POV, your statement is
    factually correct.

    However, Super Shitty Shmoo is only viewing this topic through the
    lens of his fantasy of Dumpster getting re-elected. The orange monstrosity,
    who doesn't understand the first thing about climate change, opposes it
    because of his urge to pander and garner all the anti-science votes.
    If anyone is in favor of combating AGW, they are automatically
    anti-Dumpster, and that alone makes them a "disaster".

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 2 14:57:25 2023
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that
    an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update
    us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find >>>>>>> you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see
    that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard
    waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.
    Sorry, I thought

    No, you don't, and I'm becoming convinced you cannot.

    ScottW

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 3 08:07:37 2023
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 4:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that >>>>>>>>>>>>>> an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"? >>>>>>>>>>>
    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update >>>>>>>>> us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find >>>>>>>>> you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see >>>>>>> that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard >>>>> waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.
    Sorry, I thought

    No, you don't, and I'm becoming convinced you cannot.
    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    Thats a rather "best case" and all they can say is it seems "cost effective" while they're really pimping the use of public chargers to make them "profitable".
    In reality, reliance on public chargers is the number 1 bad idea reported
    by US EV owners as they're too often broke down, vandalized, or just plain ripped off.
    They want to stick them out their like unmanned vending machines without
    a cage. And don't arrest anyone who breaks into them.

    Only a moron would make a marginal case for such a huge investment and
    base it upon a known fallacy.
    But your agenda is not one devoted to truth.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Jun 3 09:45:01 2023
    On 6/2/23 4:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109
    wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that >>>>>>>>>>>>>> an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales
    people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"?

    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update >>>>>>>>> us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find >>>>>>>>> you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I
    need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see
    that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard >>>>> waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.
    Sorry, I thought

    No, you don't, and I'm becoming convinced you cannot.

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study you cited
    indirectly to instead focus on word games.

    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

    Case Study of Cost-Effective Electrification of Long-Distance Line-Haul
    Trucks

    Abstract

    This paper investigates the economic consequences of a haulage company replacing its line-haul diesel trucks with battery-electric ones. It
    also examines how large truck batteries should be, whether the haulage companies should use public fast chargers to complement their own, and
    whether public fast chargers have the potential to be profitable. The
    potential extra cost of losing payload capacity is estimated and there
    is an investigation of whether a charge-point operator should meet the
    peak demand for charging. The case under analysis is designed to
    represent a typical line-haul service between terminals in a major
    logistics system, with the finding that, in this case, a transition to battery-electric trucks seems cost effective for the company. Moreover,
    it is advisable for the company to use public fast chargers and these
    will likely become profitable given that the utilisation factor of the investigated public fast chargers may realistically exceed 20%.

    End quote.

    Your objection doesn't survive reading the original source.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Jun 3 11:10:53 2023
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 4:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales >>>>>>>>>>>>>> people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"? >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update >>>>>>>>>>> us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager
    savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find >>>>>>>>>>> you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I >>>>>>>>>> need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see >>>>>>>>> that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard >>>>>>> waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going.
    Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company.
    Sorry, I thought

    No, you don't, and I'm becoming convinced you cannot.
    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?

    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    Thats a rather "best case" and all they can say is it seems "cost effective" while they're really pimping the use of public chargers to make them "profitable".

    That's a better argument than whatever you meant about engine size.
    However, were you to look at the study, you'd find using a larger
    battery avoids using public chargers.

    Is there a reason you don't accept the mild understatement typical in scientific studies? Why not look at their math or even just scroll down
    to Figure 8?

    In reality, reliance on public chargers is the number 1 bad idea reported
    by US EV owners as they're too often broke down, vandalized, or just plain ripped off.
    They want to stick them out their like unmanned vending machines without
    a cage. And don't arrest anyone who breaks into them.

    The study suggests the company could install their own chargers at rest
    stops which would increase profits by charging other vehicles.

    Only a moron would make a marginal case for such a huge investment and
    base it upon a known fallacy.
    But your agenda is not one devoted to truth.

    One devoted to truth would read the actual study and not pull scenarios
    from thin air.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 3 15:23:25 2023
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 4:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 11:24:14 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 11:04 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/2/23 9:29 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:05:40 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>> On 6/1/23 10:12 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:35:41 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 6/1/23 5:26 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 1:37:58 PM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 6/1/23 1:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7:20:43 AM UTC-7, mINE109 >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
    On 5/31/23 5:05 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

    It seems like you've invented the requirement that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an engine can't be specified for its task.

    No. Just that it shouldn't have to be
    When you buy a truck, instead of telling the sales >>>>>>>>>>>>>> people its intended use, you just say "surprise me"? >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    How long will you own the truck?
    Not very long if its engine is the wrong size.

    The future is going to be very amusing. Do promise to update >>>>>>>>>>> us with your financial ruin as you lose all your meager >>>>>>>>>>> savings flipping rapidly depreciating EVs every time you find >>>>>>>>>>> you wish you had a different battery configuration.
    Why wouldn't I just buy the vehicle with the size engine I >>>>>>>>>> need?

    I bet your needs are fixed and unchanging. I can definitely see >>>>>>>>> that with you.
    Ah, you think I have a short-haul trucking business.

    I know my wife's little truck occasionally gets overloaded with yard >>>>>>> waste or rock/gravel/sand for whatever project she's got going. >>>>>> Rent another truck.

    Yeah...that's efficient and cost effective for a shipping company. >>>> Sorry, I thought

    No, you don't, and I'm becoming convinced you cannot.
    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun Jun 4 14:04:08 2023
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.

    Just cheaper.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 4 14:25:33 2023
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.

    And now you're just making shit up.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun Jun 4 14:53:35 2023
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 5:25:35 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.
    And now you're just making shit up.

    ScottW

    Now??? He just started????

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Jun 5 09:17:38 2023
    On 6/4/23 4:53 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 5:25:35 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.
    And now you're just making shit up.

    Now??? He just started????

    Yes, by quoting the study that Scott cited in the original post.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Jun 5 10:26:30 2023
    On 6/4/23 4:25 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.

    And now you're just making shit up.

    Based on the study you cited:

    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

    7. Discussion

    This paper shows that long-haul battery-electric trucks can compete with
    diesel trucks, even if the price of diesel fuel is only 1.2 EUR/litre (excluding VAT), and even more so if the price of diesel fuel stays at
    the current high level of 1.8 EUR/litre. However, what makes the problem complex is the difficulty of determining the battery capacity and
    charging strategy if there is significant price uncertainty in public
    fast charging...

    However, the more common battery electric trucks and vehicles become,
    the easier it will be to achieve high charger utilisation factors and
    thus lower public fast-charging prices. Furthermore, the price picture
    will probably change in favour of battery-electric trucks due to
    increased production volumes and technological advancements.

    End quote.

    If you're going to draw conclusions from something, at least read it.
    And throwing in "efficient" in a study of cost is another of your
    attempts to win an argument by misstating it.

    There's so much in the Discussion for you to gnaw on, too. The authors
    raise objections you would surely approve of.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 09:02:52 2023
    On Monday, June 5, 2023 at 8:26:32 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/4/23 4:25 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.

    And now you're just making shit up.
    Based on the study you cited:

    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

    7. Discussion

    This paper shows that long-haul battery-electric trucks can compete with diesel trucks, even if the price of diesel fuel is only 1.2 EUR/litre (excluding VAT), and even more so if the price of diesel fuel stays at
    the current high level of 1.8 EUR/litre. However, what makes the problem complex is the difficulty of determining the battery capacity and
    charging strategy if there is significant price uncertainty in public
    fast charging...

    Which is evidence in support of my original point.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Jun 6 09:27:41 2023
    On 6/5/23 11:02 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Monday, June 5, 2023 at 8:26:32 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/4/23 4:25 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 12:04:11 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 5:23 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 9:10:58 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/3/23 10:07 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 7:45:09 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

    I noticed you snipped away the actual scientific study

    Terminal to terminal shipping is your example?
    No, it's your example from your original post: "New research from
    Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology"

    and even in the best case it has little chance of being efficient.
    Just cheaper.

    And now you're just making shit up.
    Based on the study you cited:

    https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2793

    7. Discussion

    This paper shows that long-haul battery-electric trucks can compete with
    diesel trucks, even if the price of diesel fuel is only 1.2 EUR/litre
    (excluding VAT), and even more so if the price of diesel fuel stays at
    the current high level of 1.8 EUR/litre. However, what makes the problem
    complex is the difficulty of determining the battery capacity and
    charging strategy if there is significant price uncertainty in public
    fast charging...

    Which is evidence in support of my original point.
    "A different truck configuration for every load." No, it's not. The
    study looks at optimal strategies for *two* sizes of batteries based on
    their life span, recharging depth, etc. No mention is made of changing
    battery sizes after purchase. Solutions are offered to reduce that price uncertainty.

    You are welcome to question their assumptions and their math but you're
    off the path if you think they propose battery changes based on that
    day's load. The question of whether the results for specific trucks, a
    specific distance with predictable loads and predictable charging times
    based on required rest stops translate to other usages is a fair one,
    but not one I've seen you make.

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