How much time can semi drivers (and potentially small vehicles stuck behind them) lose due to hills on common routes?
I found this from a seeming veteran truck driver: "I pull a lot of loads that put me in the 75,000-79,999 range, and I also do a lot of driving in the Rockies. Sometimes I have trouble keeping it above 25 on the uphills."
https://www.truckingtruth.com/trucke...ng-40k-lb-load
I know that semis on I40 drive 75 MPH, but if we say that 65 MPH is closer to the average speed limit [for trucks] in the U.S. [any of our trucker friends reading this?]; if a trucker spent 10% of their drive going half the speed limit, that makes the trip 5% longer. Instead of saving 1.1% in the scenario I described before, this would save 5%.
My other concern was that accelerating harder should use more energy, but as long as you can climb the hill, you should be able to use regenerative braking.
I am not sure how important the argument about using electric trucks as trucks shortening their range.
How many people use trucks as trucks?
