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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

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As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck. It boasts a range of up to 500 miles, and can charge at 750 kWh—nearly three times the rate of other electric trucks. The Tesla Semi has finally gone into production, and is hauling chips in California.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. Some makers suggest hydrogen fuel cells will be the way to go; the most promising application seems to be long-haul trucking with few or no stops. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. million miles. Most commercial trucks are engineered for 1.2

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WattEV aims to operate 12,000 electric trucks-as-a-service and a charging network to support them by 2030

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The trucks that we have ordered for delivery in Q4 2022 have a two-to-three-hour charge time and a 250-mile range. This is ideal in the middle-mile sector, since most routes fall within the range of the vehicle, and we can strategically place our vehicles at our depots to allow for a charged truck to be available when needed.