On 4 Nov 2024 at 16:14, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > The EU generally requires no daily total greater than 9 hours [of truck > driving] ... [in] the US: drivers are allowed up 14 hours per day ... That > essentially requires double the Wh battery.
And the EU OTR e-trucks already have pretty large batteries. It appears that around 700 to 750 kWh is common, and one proposal to put an extra battery under the trailer would push capacity over 1 mWh. > I don't know how 14 hours can be considered safe. I have some doubts too. I don't guess that it's a primary factor, but you have to think that such improved working conditions play some small part in Europeans living longer. For many reasons, US life expectancy is only 77.5 years, vs 81.5 years for the EU. The French live even longer, 83.5 years. That's despite a rich high-fat diet, a greater smoking rate, and more Diesel vehicles producing PM 2.5. That last factor is finally starting to change, though, as EVs become more popular. I've read that they've mainly grabbed market share from Diesels, and less so from gasoline fueled vehicles. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The meaning of something is established by the degree to which it connects to other familiar things. A search engine, mapping those connections, isn't just a model of how we think; increasingly, it IS how we think. In time it will control meaning, the way a traffic map controls traffic. -- George Dyson = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
