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ezfe • yesterday at 11:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It is reductive to say it is terrible. The issue is that the current range we are putting in trucks, adjusted for the range loss from towing a large trailer, is insufficient.

The Tesla Semi proves that this is the issue: with an extremely large battery and high-speed charging, the Semi solves these problems.

A regular truck that can TOW 300 miles would certainly not be "terrible for towing."


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rootusrootus • today at 1:48 AM

> A regular truck that can TOW 300 miles would certainly not be "terrible for towing."

Agreed. A fairly typical gas half-ton gets 300 miles from a tank. If an EV can get that distance and recharge in like half an hour it would be a pretty great truck.

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