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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA.

Volvo 131
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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.