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"Engineering Explained" recently posted a second video looking at the feasibility of EV freight hauling using Tesla's Semi for the exercise.
At the 4:52 time mark there is an interesting analysis of the effect of speed on energy consumption. By increasing speed from 60 mph to 70 mph, energy consumption in this truck climbs 48%. As we don't know the truck's coefficient of drag, it's hard to carry this over to something like the Lucid Air, but it does make the point of what speed can do to range.
And . . . we're talking a battery pack that weighs almost as much as an entire Lucid Air.
There's also interesting information about just how heavily EV trucking will be subsidized by the government during its introductory phase.
At the 4:52 time mark there is an interesting analysis of the effect of speed on energy consumption. By increasing speed from 60 mph to 70 mph, energy consumption in this truck climbs 48%. As we don't know the truck's coefficient of drag, it's hard to carry this over to something like the Lucid Air, but it does make the point of what speed can do to range.
And . . . we're talking a battery pack that weighs almost as much as an entire Lucid Air.
There's also interesting information about just how heavily EV trucking will be subsidized by the government during its introductory phase.
