AzureBinkie t1_izyy1bq wrote on December 12, 2022 at 9:42 PM

Reply to comment by PlayfulParamedic2626 in Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69

80K for the tractor and trailer with a 2K additional weight buffer reserved for fuel (so 82K max at the scale.)

Diesel weighs 7.1lbs per gallon and they carry up to 300 gallons. That’s why electric tractors have an EXTRA 2K in weight they are allowed to carry.

AzureBinkie t1_iyekn5h wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Reply to comment by DBDude in The days of the hydrogen car are already over by Sorin61

…and separating those pesky hydrogen atoms from, literally, everything they can possibly run into to make pure hydrogen is very energy intensive and slow.