The green future of big rigs is almost here
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The green future of big rigs is almost here
Anyone who has rode a highway in part of their country has seen the semi-truck sending goods and other items. The semi-truck that you see on the road today is powered by a large diesel engine that can run for a million miles or more. With a federal mandate that tries to encourage people from traditional combustion engine vehicles to EV, the same pressure is felt by heavy duty truck manufacturers and large fleet owners. Some of the largest producers in the semi-truck market work on electric vehicles and other zero mission technology for the future, and here are some of their trucks.
Tesla semi
When it comes to electric cars for the masses, Tesla is an undisputed industry leader today. While Tesla is mostly known because the car and SUV are entirely, it also works on Tesla Semi, semi-trucks fully electricity to transport loads. While this truck has been postponed several times, in the end it will come to the market, and promise the range of electricity drivers of 300 or 500 miles depending on the selected version. Tesla has promised that the vehicle will consume less than 2 kWh electricity per mile encouraged.
Tesla semi has a basic price expected from $ 150,000 for a version with 300 miles from driving distance and the basic price expected $ 180,000 for the 500 miles range version. While the price sounds very high, they are right in the normal range of diesel-powered semi-MSRPS at this time. New semi-diesel-powered from any manufacturer will be more than $ 150,000, with some special trucks cost more than doubled.
Freighliner ecascadia.
When it comes to popular trucks operated by large fleet owners and owner operators, one of the most popular trucks out there is Cascadia Freightliner. Freightliner has worked on the full version of the Cascadia, known as ecascadia. Ecascadia Freightliner is a large 8th grade rig with between 360 and 500 horsepower depending on the selected version. This can bring a maximum dirty cargo weight of 82,000 pounds and have a range of electricity driving 250 miles.
