I thought I was about to get ICE'd.

[Flint302]

Stopped at Sheetz in Harrisburg, PA and saw this. Guy said it takes an hour and half at 350KWH. He also said it's quick on the road--even loaded. Very cool.

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[ctenidae]

Interesting - that'd be 1.5 hour break after every ~5 hours of driving. I wonder if/how the break requirements (30 minutes every 8 hours) will change in light of that, and if it flows through to the 11/14 hour limits.

If they could charge while they load/unload, they could pick up an extra 30-50 minutes of charging at every stop. Somebody will make a few dollars installing chargers at transhipment warehouses, eventually.

Cleveland Brothers ought to get great use from the trucks for delivering heavy equipment to jobsites.

 

[Flint302]

The guy was pulling 280KWH at the time on a 350 WWH charger. Pretty much no one gets the advertised rate. This will all change in five years.

 

[BigMach-E]

Is that a Nikola?

 

[ctenidae]

Is that a Nikola?

Yes

 

[Ghost Ryder]

The question is where do you park the trailer while recharging every 5 hours?

 

[A-A-Ron]

The question is where do you park the trailer while recharging every 5 hours?

And the Tesla drivers are already complaining about MME's and other EVs creatively parking at Superchargers.

 

[azerik]

Yes

But did you actually see it drive? Or did they push it out of the spot :trolling:

 

[mdolan92869]

The question is where do you park the trailer while recharging every 5 hours?

To make sure that they don't block the aisle, they'll parallel park and block all the other chargers.

 

[Logal727]

That's a big ass battery

 

[ChasingCoral]

Stopped at Sheetz in Harrisburg, PA and saw this. Guy said it takes an hour and half at 350KWH. He also said it's quick on the road--even loaded. Very cool.

You'd better believe he'll aim for the 350 kW chargers!

 

[HuntingPudel]

You'd better believe he'll aim for the 350 kW chargers!

And hope that he doesn't run them over! ??

 

[ctenidae]

You'd better believe he'll aim for the 350 kW chargers!

They should plug from both sides- if it can take up 3 spots and 4 chargers, that'd be great.
I wonder if Nikola is working with any of the big truck stops to put in super duper chargers.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I wonder if Nikola is working with any of the big truck stops to put in super duper chargers.

From what I understand, the new Megawatt Charging Standard (MCS) has not yet made it through SAE/ISO approval.

 

[BigMach-E]

From what I understand, the new Megawatt Charging Standard (MCS) has not yet made it through SAE/ISO approval.

It’s just so crazy to me that the application is being put out in the world for a huge power need such as this and the standards to make it practical haven’t even been worked out.

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