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Recuperation on a truck is a no-brainer. At least I hope it is.
My comment was a slight on their first demonstration. They didn't have any driveline hooked up and basically rolled a rebadged chasis downhill to impress investors. Nikola is a scam company
Oh, OK. Somehow that's very funny. Investors are a dumb bunch sometimes.
You’re telling me that all this (waves vaguely at capitalism) is just a confidence game, and basically a house of cards?
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That's only the case for cargos that are volume limited, not weight limited. That's why Frito-Lay is an early adopter. For most freight, the extra weight of the batteries reduces the legal amount of cargo they can carry. The loss of carrying capacity costs a lot more than the fuel savings for long haul trucking.
Local delivery trucks should be the first ones to electrify. They have a lot more stop and go and have fairly consistent routes.