12-15-2017, 06:54 PM
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Grand Imperial Poobah
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Originally Posted by JRMichler
Does anybody have any good estimates of kwH per mile for an aerodynamic LRR semi truck? The 13 MPG of the Airflow Bullet Truck implies about 1 kwH per mile. The advertised 500 mile range for the Tesla truck would need a 500 kwH battery.
A Google search comes up with the 85 kwH Tesla battery weighing 1200 lbs, so a 500 kwH battery would weigh about 7000 lbs. Add 1000 lbs or so for motors, and the drive package comes to about 8000 lbs.
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Here you go: https://youtu.be/oJ8Cf0vWmxE
https://battery.real.engineering/
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