Posted by oldtanker on November 28, 2017 at 18:23:52 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: Electric Semi's posted by popinjohn on November 27, 2017 at 18:41:32:
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You better check your facts. A son in law is an electrical engineer. He's working with stuff that requires long life batteries. The hang up they have now is battery life and there is nothing on the horizon that looks like there will be any change anytime soon. And this is working on government stuff, not for the civilian market and they can't get any better than you can for yer cordless drill. The last things that improved run time on the cordless tools is better efficiency of the tool. Lithium Ion batteries haven't improved, it's the power consumption of the tool.
Now look at the company making these claims. Every time they are close to running out of money they showcase something else to make investors up more money. I think investors are going to take a bath on this. Notice how they showed this truck 2 months BEFORE they were going to be broke. Plus they can't even get production going on their flagship car?
Recharge while braking? What happens when that truck is on the interstate in very lite traffic? Just how much braking is there going to be?
No from a liability point of view. Few if any carriers are going to invest in driverless trucks unless they are going to be able to duck liability. Lets say so hacking can make all vehicles make a turn at the same time. The trucking company is still going to be liable for having a vehicle out there without someone to take control if it malfunctions.
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