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bombcar on Dec 5, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive

There’s also potentially cheaper maintenance - no engine to keep running, and less brake usage.

That could add up. Companies will be looking at these even if they just buy one to use as a yard shunter at first.

If the economics are there it’ll take off like wildfire.

bluGill on Dec 6, 2022 [–]

A little cheaper, but in the parts that are different between an EV and a ICE are very reliable. You miss oil changes, but most routine maintenance is still needed (though few people rotate their tires as often as they should)

aperson_hello on Dec 7, 2022 | [–]

Mostly brake maintenance! But that's rounding error. Most of the savings is fuel.

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