Estes | Estes going electric.

[steercrazee]

Seems on Estes newest company video they are heading toward electric themselves at least out in cummifornia. If the trucking companies would ban together they could shut down and put the hurt on California and their green globalist agenda. Give in and they keep making it more unprofitable.

 

[ghostbommbb]

They bought 12 electric trucks.

 

[truckdriver]

They bought 12 electric trucks.

They're just doing this to please the Green Police in California, Saia did the same thing last year....

 

[sabresfan]

Estes just offset nearly 100% of its energy needs with rooftop solar

The largest privately owned freight carrier in North America looks set to save $1 million with its rooftop solar plans.

electrek.co

Their definitely going electric. Solar on the roofs of their terminals.

 

[SuperCourse]

Subsidized with Inflation Reduction Act taxpayer dollars.

 

[steercrazee]

Subsidized with Inflation Reduction Act taxpayer dollars.

Corporate welfare. Amazing how billion dollar companies get hand outs. The old saying the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

 

[Dikweed]

Why don't they just put wind mills on top of the trucks?

 

[DMT]

electric trucks work great without a load , severely power usage when pulling two loaded pups from what I have heard.

 

[ED FORCE ONE]

electric trucks work great without a load , severely power usage when pulling two loaded pups from what I have heard.

The roof should be 450 square feet of solar panels

 

[Bird Man]

I can hear and see this now.

Dispatch: Get going Drivah, we are waiting on you. Yer. Late.

Driver: Nope. Not until this charges up. It says another 14 hours.

 

[useless]

can't wait for the rolling power outages in California to happen..

 

[cmsdock]

can't wait for the rolling power outages in California to happen..

only a matter of time.

 

[cmsdock]

electric trucks work great without a load , severely power usage when pulling two loaded pups from what I have heard.

I can't imagine how well electrics trucks will do when it's extremely cold outside.

 

[Ex 5-0]

I can't imagine how well electrics trucks will do when it's extremely cold outside.

FedEx Freight bought a few electric Peterbilts and Kenworths, and some yard tractors. A few of them went to Milwaukee. I'll have to ask one of the Milwaukee drivers about it. It got pretty cold there this month.

From what I've heard, I don't see them being useful for anything. 140 mile range, takes over 4 hours to fully charge, so not practical at all for linehaul. They are all tandems, daycabs, but built on a sleeper frame to accommodate the extra weight and size of the battery. Long wheelbase is not practical for most P&D runs. It doesn't do anything well, and nothing it can do or is capable of doing is better than a diesel.

 

[steercrazee]

Tow companies may benefit from these trucking companies trying to appease the tree worshippers. Id like to have the money these companies waste on stupidity.