Desistance@lemmy.world to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTesla Semi electric truck does 1,732 km in a single day in independent trialthedriven.ioexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down17
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkTesla Semi electric truck does 1,732 km in a single day in independent trialthedriven.ioDesistance@lemmy.world to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
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minus-squaresin_free_for_00_dayslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoLots of 2-person teams out there that try to keep the rig pulling 24/7.
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAlso lmao at the dude pointing out traffic laws being from the DMV instance.
minus-squarexXSirDanglesXx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI commute to that area every day from about an hour west, I know all too well what you mean 😬
minus-squarejws_shadotak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoJust in case anyone was curious about the speed to make this happen: 14 hrs driving at 123 km/h (76 mph) = 1732 km. Not impossible but it’s unlikely this was done in 14 hours and they probably swapped out drivers to achieve this.
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhat’s the speed limit for lorries where this was done? Because in a lot of places it’s going to be less than 123 km/h.
minus-squaremayonaise_met@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAmerican truck drivers are more like airplane pilots than European truck drivers.
minus-squareAPassenger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey has to charge at some point. There was more than 1 driver.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou can see in the article they were driving 60mph almost the whole time they weren’t charging
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Lots of 2-person teams out there that try to keep the rig pulling 24/7.
Also lmao at the dude pointing out traffic laws being from the DMV instance.
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I commute to that area every day from about an hour west, I know all too well what you mean 😬
Just in case anyone was curious about the speed to make this happen: 14 hrs driving at 123 km/h (76 mph) = 1732 km.
Not impossible but it’s unlikely this was done in 14 hours and they probably swapped out drivers to achieve this.
What’s the speed limit for lorries where this was done? Because in a lot of places it’s going to be less than 123 km/h.
American truck drivers are more like airplane pilots than European truck drivers.
They has to charge at some point. There was more than 1 driver.
You can see in the article they were driving 60mph almost the whole time they weren’t charging
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