It's an energy density thing, it takes a shitload of electricity to charge something huge to run very far, that's why petrol has such a grip on things. In a rational system you could create some sort of predictable, low-friction road where economies of scale could let you transport large amounts of freight and people quickly with less power, but car-brain hasn't come up with a solution yet. You either need massive capacity to accommodate all the electric trucks on demand, or a long wait to let them charge at a manageable rate.
the vast majority of them are grid-only. Some large stations apparently have used diesel supplementary power for when lots of cars are charging at the same time in the past, and there's no way to be 100% sure they don't still do it, but I have seen no evidence they do. It's still dumb they did that like, ever, but not as bad as he made it out to be
Why the fuck are the charging stations running on diesel joke of a country joke of an electrical grid
It's an energy density thing, it takes a shitload of electricity to charge something huge to run very far, that's why petrol has such a grip on things. In a rational system you could create some sort of predictable, low-friction road where economies of scale could let you transport large amounts of freight and people quickly with less power, but car-brain hasn't come up with a solution yet. You either need massive capacity to accommodate all the electric trucks on demand, or a long wait to let them charge at a manageable rate.
Or you could just
Is that a train chad emoji? Hexbear you spoil us!
the vast majority of them are grid-only. Some large stations apparently have used diesel supplementary power for when lots of cars are charging at the same time in the past, and there's no way to be 100% sure they don't still do it, but I have seen no evidence they do. It's still dumb they did that like, ever, but not as bad as he made it out to be