BMW releases an 100% Electric 18 Wheeler in Germany.

[Gypodra]

This is pretty cool. The future is here.

 

The 40-ton truck has a range of about 62 miles per charge, which takes three or four hours.

 

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/09/3678546/all-electric-big-rig-truck-hits-the-road-in-germany/

[Levent]

it is pretty cool BUT we have a way of posting news in this section of the forums

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

[Guest]

The front is ugly as fuck though.

[Bouzoo]

I may be missing something, but I'm counting only 5 wheels on the side which would give 10 total?

[Gypodra]

it is pretty cool BUT we have a way of posting news in this section of the forums

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

This is my first post, I have no idea what I did wrong. Sorry.

[1Scotty1]

I may be missing something, but I'm counting only 5 wheels on the side which would give 10 total?

Rear wheels are doubled, all of them, except the front-most wheels

[Gypodra]

I may be missing something, but I'm counting only 5 wheels on the side which would give 10 total?

Each wheel under the trailer is doubled. 

Like this:p http://www.p-wholesale.com/upimg/9/433a1/car-wheel-lock-koon-cls01-806.jpg

[soup]

I may be missing something, but I'm counting only 5 wheels on the side which would give 10 total?

Axle at rear of tractor double wheeled, all three axles on trailer double wheeled so (1+2) + (2+2+2) = 9 per side  Eighteen in all.

 

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How many wheels on this?

[Bouzoo]

Rear wheels are doubled, all of them, except the front-most wheels

Each wheel under the trailer is doubled. 

Like this:p http://www.p-wholesale.com/upimg/9/433a1/car-wheel-lock-koon-cls01-806.jpg

Axle at rear of tractor double wheeled, all three axles on trailer double wheeled so 1+2+2+2+2 = 9 per side  Eighteen in all.

 

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I forgot about that, my mistake  :lol:

[Gypodra]

The front is ugly as fuck though.

I agree 100% with you.

[Deletive]

[cesrai]

Looks neat.

[ADM-Ntek]

ewwww that thing is ugly. 

[Maslofski]

looks like it belongs on a airport

[Jasmin]

The front is ugly as fuck though.

Why do the old car companies always make the electric cars look like shit???? These shapes are less aero-dynamic, and look like somebody tried to 3d print their 2-year-old drawing. They could learn from Tesla by now...

[Norman_the_Owl]

62 miles? that's not very much...

[Real_PhillBert]

62 mile range and 3 to 4 hours to charge  :mellow:

[LeGourmand]

So about 1h drive for 4h of charge... considering most truck are on road 8-10h per day, depending country law for max driving hours per day, that doesn't work.

There are some restaurants that use 100% electric cars for their food delivery for the last few years where I live, seem to be working well for them. Hopefully city small delivery truck can go full electric soon.

[ti1m]

as a truck driver i would rather stop driving than sit in that.

[mayu]

This seems cool.

Is that a single seater? 

[Trik'Stari]

62 miles to a charge?

 

That seems kind pointless to me. 62 miles is....nothing. Or is Europe really that small?

[wpirobotbuilder]

This might be useful for short distance travel, within cities. We're a long way from replacing long-haul trucks.

[kuddlesworth9419]

Bit useless if it can only do 62 miles. In-efficient. I keep saying this but there is a reason why fossil fuels are such a good source of energy, it's because they are energy dense something batteries are not. It would be more efficient to convert petrol into electricity to turn a motor then it is to store electricity all in one car. 

[EonityLuna]

I believe this is only a prototype for now, hence the ugly, utilitarian looks. Any final version of this should look more aerodynamic for improved efficiency.

[ForsakenLive]

Shouldn't it have more room for batteries? 62 Miles is not a good distance, specially for a truck.