TREND. EV Truck Platooning. 4 Key Points.

• Tesla is set to unviel its electric self driving truck in Novmeber 2017
• The economics of truck driving has shown the greatest efficiency with a platoon of trucks
  • 7-8 trucks driving in close proximity
  • effectively reduces diesel costs for regular trucks and can reduce battery use
• Long range (900 mile) EV trucks are thought to be cost prohibitive unless robotic battery changing (not charging) stations are available
• Self driving electric trucks will focus on short range trips

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