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[–] Rutcrex ago 

here a 18t all electric version (video in german) http://www.srf.ch/play/tv/popupvideoplayer?id=54d9b137-5ce3-4d08-89f8-a9950436095e and the link to http://eforce.ch/

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[–] Lobotomy ago 

Cool, can't wait until it gets more than 62 miles out of a charge. If it can get somewhere near 300+, then it's viable.

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[–] Phanlix ago  (edited ago)

I'd like to see a camper with a 200 mile range personally. Paste some solar panels on the roof and if you can get it to a 3 day charge time then you'd really have something. The truck is kinda cool though.

67 mile range is a bit of a joke though. I suppose if you were a company that wanted to do this you could have drop off/pickup charge points placed every 60 miles for truckers, then just store enough spares and space the driver times enough to allow for a charge. You'd have to use a system quite a bit to make that affordable, and I think gas prices would definitely be less than the price you'd lose in terms of efficiency.

Sounds like a massive hassle though. I bet in the interim a version of this will be in demand at plants. Switchers (people who switch out trailers) at major companies like FedEx and UPS still do it in these gas powered units (not full trucks, more like a 2/3s size version). Still eliminating those is a step. The way all shipping companies are set up, you have major hubs that send them to smaller facilities locally. I don't know how much that would cover, but potentially a lot? Still you're not going to make a dent in trips exceeding the range, and I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of trucks shipping stuff move more than 67 miles.

Honestly the company should be looking into replacing the delivery trucks UPS/FedEx/Postal Service use to get it from the main facility to our doorsteps. I feel like if you could get a range of 200miles on those units you'd really be talking.

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[–] Ulairi [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of trucks shipping stuff move more than 67 miles.

I would bet you that's why they were debuted in Germany, Europe has a lot more densely populated city centers within close proximity to each other then the US does, and may actually be able to make very good use out of these vehicles even considering the range.