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What will happen when trucks get fast?
formulanone:
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--- Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 28, 2022, 04:58:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: kphoger on October 28, 2022, 04:55:56 PM ---Does accelerating that quickly drain the battery more?
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I would assume it does. Just like accelerating faster in a car with an ICE uses more gas.
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If that's the case, then I imagine a lot of companies would instruct their drivers to not put the pedal to the metal.
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Or they'll be speed-limited as well as acceleration-limited.
Max Rockatansky:
Since when has 0-60 in twenty second been considered fast? That would have been horrifically slow even the Malaise Era.
kernals12:
--- Quote from: JoePCool14 on October 28, 2022, 04:58:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: kphoger on October 28, 2022, 04:55:56 PM ---Does accelerating that quickly drain the battery more?
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I would assume it does. Just like accelerating faster in a car with an ICE uses more gas.
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Unlike ICE cars, electric cars can then recapture the energy used during acceleration during braking.
kernals12:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on October 28, 2022, 05:21:09 PM ---Since when has 0-60 in twenty second been considered fast? That would have been horrifically slow even the Malaise Era.
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It's probably fast enough to not warrant separate truck climbing lanes.
CoreySamson:
Part of me feels like this could potentially affect how fast certain roads wear (maybe on-ramps will have to be repaved a little more often?), but honestly I don't think that it would affect it much.
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