CA bans the sale of new diesel trucks by 2036! Jeebezus! Things are out of control in CA.

LegitDuner said:
Anyone confirm this info? Quite interesting...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Crk-bHWL1HG/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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The weight, he’s correct. 

Assuming 30 trucks had a 500kWh (300-ish mile range) battery and you’re recharging them from nearly empty daily, that’s 15MWh of electricity, about equivalent to about 5-600 average houses. Not a city, but still a lot of juice. 

Google says a smallish engine plant uses 182MWh per day, so yeah, he’s full of sheeyit there. 

 
ChEFF said:
Imagine the suspension it would take to make the trucks a smooth ride. Peace
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Same as currently used since the 80k gross limit probably won’t change. Just hauling less cargo per truck.

 
DOT has supposedly spotted BEV trucks 2K lbs. They can gross 82K and be legal. What I have not seen is how they can meet the axle weight and bridge laws. A Cummins X15 weighs roughly 3,200 lbs, plus maybe 200-300 for the aftertreatment, which goes away, but BEV still needs a substantial system to keep the batteries in a safe/optimum temperature range, so BEV fans often exaggerate how much weight is being removed from a comparable diesel truck.

 
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Bobalos said:
well that will make the cost of things go down............... 
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The only mitigation is it’s easy to buy stuff to make your own electricity…. Probably won’t help much, but a man can dream…

Can’t he?

 
1HasBeen said:
DOT has supposedly spotted BEV trucks 2K lbs. They can gross 82K and be legal. What I have not seen is how they can meet the axle weight and bridge laws. A Cummins X15 weighs roughly 3,200 lbs, plus maybe 200-300 for the aftertreatment, which goes away, but BEV still needs a substantial system to keep the batteries in a safe/optimum temperature range, so BEV fans often exaggerate how much weight is being removed from a comparable diesel truck.
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Plus the motor, drivetrain, etc. 

 
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