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Tag Archives: electric truck
Heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell trucks a waste of energy and money
Preface. There are 3 articles that I summarize below: ARB. November 2015. Medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency. NRC. 2003. Energy and Transportation: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century. … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible, Hydrogen
Tagged electric truck, FCEV, FHCEV, fuel cell, hydrogen, truck
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Hydrogen, the Homeopathic Energy Crisis Remedy
Preface. This post originally appeared in Skeptic Magazine in 2008 as “The Hydrogen Economy. Savior of Humanity or an Economic Black Hole?” I’ve updated it since then. Hydrogen is the dumbest, most ridiculous energy alternative. It has zero energy, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Electric trucks impossible, Energy, Hydrogen
Tagged alternative energy, electric truck, fuel cell, hydrogen
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Given the laws of physics, can the Tesla Semi really go 500 miles, and what will the price be?
Preface: Most people think that electric truck makers need to tell us the specs — the battery kWh, price, performance, and so on — before we can possibly know anything about their truck. But that’s simply not true. We know … Continue reading
Diesel is finite. Trucks are the bedrock of civilization. So where are the battery electric trucks?
Related Articles Making the most energy dense battery from the palette of the periodic table Hydrogen, the Homeopathic energy crisis remedy Diesel is finite. Trucks are the bedrock of civilization. So where are the battery electric trucks? Just 16,000 catenary … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible
Tagged battery, BEV, drayage, e-truck, electric truck, heavy-duty, HHD, tesla, truck
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Hybrid electric trucks are very different from HEV cars
[ This document explains why it is hard to transfer auto hybrid technology to trucks. They are entirely different animals — medium-duty trucks weigh up to 10 times more, have up to 10 times the horsepower, and a far longer … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible
Tagged battery, electric truck, HEV, hybrid
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Electric truck range is less in cold weather
Preface. What follows are excerpts from Calstart’s study of the effects cold weather had on lithium and Sodium Nickel Chloride e-truck batteries Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible
Tagged battery, electric truck, lithium ion
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Who Killed the Electric Car and more importantly, the Electric Truck?
Preface. Who cares about electric cars? Civilization ends when trucks stop running, and trucks can’t run on batteries because they’re too heavy (93% of the cargo weight, 25% of the cargo space), and an all-electric truck fleet would require thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Automobiles, Batteries, Critical Thinking, Electric trucks impossible, Electrification, Transportation, Transportation
Tagged battery, BEV, capacity, efficiency, electric car, electric truck, energy density, EV, lead-acid, lithium ion
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The periodic table limits battery development
[ Since fossil fuels are finite, biomass doesn’t scale up, hydrogen is an energy sink, transportation in the future will need to be electrified, especially trucks, which are the most essential and important part of civilization, responsible for supply chains, … Continue reading
Just 16,000 catenary trucks (out of 5.6 million) would use 1% of California’s electricity generation
We must electrify trucks since fuel from oil, coal, and natural gas is finite, and biomass doesn’t scale up. Without transportation, electricity contraptions like wind turbines, solar facilities, and nuclear power plants can’t be built. A wind turbine, for example, … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Trucks, Electric trucks impossible, When Trucks Stop Running
Tagged battery, BEV, catenary, CNG, drayage, electric truck, electricity, transportation, trucks
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