Alonso Fan wrote: ↑14 Feb 2018, 19:18
Andres125sx wrote: ↑14 Feb 2018, 18:44
Postmoe wrote: ↑14 Feb 2018, 16:37
It reminds me of the crazyness backing the AVE project.
@ Nathan: easily 2000km
What crazyness? AVE is great, people who use it love it, much more than a plane wich cost is much higher and is not faster if you take into account the time you waste at the airport
Easily 2000km in a round? Then you´re the crazy one I´m afraid
He's right about the 2000 km. All you need is Google and a spare 2 minutes to verify
2000 km yes.
let's say the average is 5 miles per gallon, and the semi has 2 150 gallon tanks, so 300 gallon times 5 miles per gallon equals 1500 miles on a single run. that's about 2400 km from the top of my head.
so 2000 km is indeed a decent figure. 2000 miles is only achievable like that as the truck without trailer and load.
but here it gets interesting.
EU rules (Drivers’ hours rules Regulation (EC)561/2006) state there's a 9 hour daily driving limit - with a maximum of 56 driving hours limit each week
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with a 45 minutes break after 4.5 hours of driving.
that means that a driver can only drive 4.5 hours, then needs 45 minute break, before driving another 4.5 hours.
then he must rest and not drive for 11 hours (or 9, permitted under circumstances. the break can also be divided in 1 of 15 minutes and one of 30 minutes).
would the truck be able to contineously do 50 mph (most european HIGHWAYS won't allow faster anyway) - thus no traffic jams, as good as no braking, free overtaking if neccesary, then at the very best, he can do 225 miles on 4.5 hours drive, and after the break, do another 225 miles. so that's 450 miles in 9 hours 45 minutes. and then, end of story, he needs to rest.
so i really can't be bothered with 1500 miles on a single fuel run.
fact is, to make it up to 450 miles, it's gonna take 9 hours and 45 minutes.
and he is MANDATED to make a 45-minute break after 225 miles ANYWAY.
can you see what's happening here?
the Tesla can do a 500 mile range on a 'full charge', but only needs 30 minutes for a 400 mile charge.
in other words, there's PLENTY of charge to go around when the driver needs to do his mandated 45 minute break after 4.5 hours of driving.
in those 45 minutes, the truck is charged to do another 400 miles whilst he only needs to do another 225 miles.
and the fun part is, the total cost of a tesla semi will be cheaper in use than a diesel truck when looking at the whole picture.
so it's fun and games throwing diesel tank figures in the air, but it's completely blocked by the EU driving rules.