New Age Of Trucks
Topic 15458 | Page 1
All you drivers, who I hope to join soon, better choose the Nikola. All of Musk's statements that I can find show his vision of electric heavy trucks and buses to be driverless.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
For Yard Dogs and Drayage trucks, maybe even local route trucks, fully electric might be an option. But we drive 500-700 miles per day OTR. Electric drive vehicles for OTR will have to be hybrid.
Regenerative brakes and electric drives would definitely be nice. The country is a lot more hilly than most people think.
Hell, give us an electric drive third drive axle with electric power regen, and a few batteries and we'd probably see 1-2MPG overall fuel economy improvement even if we didn't touch the rest of the truck. Regen the batteries on downslopes, and activate the electric drives to help the normal drives when fuel economy drops below average on upslopes.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Matt I think you should visit nikola's website check out their new truck. If it can perform close to this in real world situations it would be fantastic.
https://nikolamotor.com/one
DME is another fuel that is being developed and actually tested in trucks along the gulf coast as we speak.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
For Yard Dogs and Drayage trucks, maybe even local route trucks, fully electric might be an option. But we drive 500-700 miles per day OTR. Electric drive vehicles for OTR will have to be hybrid.
I can't remember if I saw this here or one of the tech sites I visit or at the truck museum in Walcott, but 100 years ago electric trucks were really common in cities. I agree the infrastructure isn't there for long haul or regional , but they might make it work for local.
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Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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So in the next couple of years we're going to see a couple of new players into the semi truck competition. The Nikola One and Tesla Semi.
The Nikola is a hybrid drive with the generator being able to be powered by different fuel sources. The Tesla will be all electric but that's about the extent of information we have so far.
So the question is. Outside of the good old fashioned diesel pusher, which of the two new options would you choose? Which are you more excited to see succeed if any? I'm personally really looking forward to the nikola entry.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.