Electric Trucks + 4MW Charging Park = The Future

[@stigbengtsson7026]

I really like what you are doing " real life video" 😎 Best whishes from Sweden.

[@capnkirk5528]

In the end it's about ... economics, TCO and practicality. I really appreciate that you are doing this and publishing it on KZbin. It's not just the change, the people who WILL need to adapt to electric trucks need to know that it is BETTER than diesel, it is just the GREEDY billionaires who are objecting (and lying to you). When people find out that smelly, dirty, noisy cities because of diesel trucks are NOT a "cost of doing business" but are in fact *just a cost of using DIESEL*, there will be a huge push to make diesel GO AWAY.

[@bloodynorahvan2203]

Amen to this

[@homer5103]

Take your meds schizo

[@Nicholas-f5]

Good to see the EU support this, Trump never would

[@andrewmacnaughton7944]

Great point about the charger cables - water cooling can really make a positive difference.

[@akkatonezapkin536]

"So, a neue Woche begins" really made me smile))) My sincere appreciation that you have an English version of this great channel!

[@JorgeniLund]

I'm looking forward to a real cold and snowing winter. Would be interseting to hear from your experience when weather gets hard.

[@johndoe1909]

from experiences made in sweden about 10% decrease in range is to expected in snow and bad conditions. cold doesn't really make much of a difference as long as the truck is used regularly. in that case batteries ate kept at a good operating temperature at all times regardless of the ambient temperatures. it's actually heat that's more of a problem.

[@CarlaExotic]

Heat pump heating and cooling of the batteres can fix that

[@sydneyg007]

It's great that you can use your knowledge of electric cars for the benefit of the trucking industry. Credit to Scania and Volvo for created these trucks. Hopefully they watch all your videos to get tips on further improvements. The efficiency is quite impressive, the charging speed (of both) I would think could be improved, and more importantly the infrastucture needs (and is) being improved. Love your videos.

[@jkev1425]

Push it push it! Great stuff!

[@recklessrogue9027]

I have big respect for you showing a clear view of electric trucks and how they do work and are nicer to work with (also thank you for conversion to miles and miles per kwh). I also have respect for the company you work for investing not only in a fleet of electric trucks but a brilliant charging setup including battery and solar. For anyone doubting the cost effectivness of EVs, solar and battery storage... a company wouldn't do it if it didn't make financial sense.

[@antoniocruz8083]

I think they are taking advantage of the 80% gov't subsidies in the price of the trucks, according to what was said in the video. I would take advantage too and make use of better technogy than diesel.

[@Nicholas-f5]

​@@antoniocruz8083exactly, much cheaper and free marketing

[@robertblood3722]

I found your KZbin channel last week, and find it fascinating and a true insight into your job. I live in Kent England and had a Nissan Leaf for 4 years, and exchanged it a year ago for a MG4 long range. My wife has a Renault Zoe. At home had Solar for 9 years, battery, home Zappi and removed gas and had Air to Air for 3 years. Thanks for your English translation. Bob.

[@tarant315]

This docu style is good

[@sallerc]

Thank you again for making these videos (and in English), it's really time for bed now but I'm tempted to watch your latest video before that :D Greeting from Sweden.

[@RWBHere]

It's good to hear that you are adding useful information about the cables to your reviews. Everyone can benefit, especially if everyone adds useful information. Thanks Tobias. 🙂👍

[@rudolfdierotnase]

Shoutout to "Gabelstaplerfahrer Klaus" - a funny german instruction video for safe operation of a forklift driver. Is there an english version of this available anywhere?

[@G0bus]

It could also work if you don’t understand what the narrator is telling.

[@tonrotterdam]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/inu8gJ6Qr5t3mc0 With English subtitles

[@MrKristianson]

Awesome to get such indepth insight into electric trucking.. it sounds very promising so far..

[@julianholcroft9625]

I love the way the Scania trucks work I really wish they were legal in the US. there beautiful trucks and the interior is really well thought out.

[@USUG0]

The whole idea that heavy trucks need 1000+ km to be usable is pretty pointless. As every 4.5 hrs you have to stop anyway. All is needed is fast charging and charging infrastructure

[@unhippy1]

It depends where you are in the world...in densely populated areas like europe have the population and electrical grid to support a charging network that your going to be able to stop at every 4.5 hours.......other places in the world not so much

[@USUG0]

@@unhippy1 indeed, it is just a matter of infrastructure everywhere. All you need is local solar array/wind turbines and used battery pack stacks as energy buffer. Other than economic restrictions, it is mostly a matter of policy

[@miguelcardoso1903]

@@USUG0 Or nuclear power plants (way greener than what german poltics think and replaced them with gas and coal (after the Ukraine war) burning power plants). Solar and wind and battery packs alone won't give the necessary eletricity in the moment, at least during the next years

[@USUG0]

@@miguelcardoso1903 no amount of facts will ever beat personal flawed opinions. Energy share from renewables is already higher than nuclear, in Germany, EU, USA, China and worldwide. It is also cheaper than nuclear per GWh produced. And can be implemented much faster (1-5years vs decades) than nuclear as well

[@miguelcardoso1903]

@@USUG0 Well, if it is a non-windy night you still need energy, and need it from a avaliable source. You either get it by a nuclear plant or a fossil burning plant. So far, there is no other option And nuclear is more efficient, takes less resources and don't emit harmful gases. And is completely safe as well. For some reason it was considered the greenest non renewable power source... until Merkel decided it was more enviormentally-friendly to import natural gas from the russian "friends"

[@volkert.9575]

Full view time, thumbs up and commented... pro algorithm 😊

[@user-rc7dg3np9c]

This was excellent review and thank you. It’s interesting your point on people being polarised and I like how you brought it down to its basics. This is a tool and we use it like that accordingly. When you look at it that way - eg tool - it’s no different than air tools and battery tools and I don’t know anyone who would care the difference. The way I look at it, is if you like it use it or is you prefer engine’s use those. But be open minded and at least try the new tech and then you can make up your own mind.

[@ablestringer9063]

Trucker Tim would be interested in that R Series. Very interesting.

[@megliosolichesole]

I’m not a truck driver, so maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think that just raw data are important whilst personal impressions aren’t : when you spend a big chunk of your life in such a small environment, everything concurs to the experience, from the obvious like the seat to the less immediate, like internal lighting or sound system, if applicable. They also make the review more interesting to people like me, who will never drive a truck, but find interesting to see what a truck driver faces, both for fun and to be more empathic with whom we share the road with. 😊

[@pinkelephants1421]

The depot could really do with having a boundary to boundary solar canopy system & battery storage installed to power the eventual fully electric fleet and to earn the company extra income by providing grid services. As I keep saying to owners of outdoor parking and storage areas, you have a set of fixed costs - insurance, maintenance, local taxes, etc. When these areas are not being fully utilised, those fixed costs are effectively up to two times more expensive. Also, the design of most of such areas is on a two-dimensional plain. By installing a boundary to boundary solar system, you immediately turn it into a 3 dimensional usable space, effectively those reducing costs as a consequence. By boundary to boundary I mean just that. A system that includes the circulatory areas in (addition) to the actual parking/storage bays. Take a look at Tesla's Giga Berlin new solar canopy system as an example - plenty of KZbin videos showing it.

[@matthewbaynham6286]

Solar canopy's need to be supported will a structure that might get in the way of these trucks moving around. However the technology for solar roads and solar footpaths exists, so they could install a solar car park with the panels on the ground and you just drive over them.

[@MrKroolboy]

Great content, looking forward to your content every week 😊✌️⚡️

[@RECURSIVE_MATRIX_LOGIC]

Sattelkupplung: 🚫 saddle ✅ fifth wheel 🚛 Keep on truckin'! 👍 Keep on vloggin'!

[@Validole]

First time someone called it "fifth wheel" I was trying to figure out how the steering wheel fits into the context of the sentence...

[@RECURSIVE_MATRIX_LOGIC]

​@@Validole Fifth wheel is the quite common name for the tractor-mounted part of the semitrailer coupling, with the trailer-mounted kingpin as its counterpart. Neither semantic nor mechanical connection to the steering wheel there. Just consider so called "fifth wheelers", pickup trucks pulling an RV semi trailer. What the Americans call a semi-truck, the British call an artic, the colloquial abbreviation of "articulated lorry". And the tractor itself, when not pulling a trailer, is called a bobtail in the US and most probably in Canada also.

[@MrMaxbackbone]

Mal in der Woche Klasse

[@mwhol]

Just 6 Weeks online with your new 2nd Channel and you already have 2.670 Subscribers! 👏👍

[@pinkelephants1421]

Your comment about reversing visibility really drives home the wisdom of Tesla's choice to centrally locate the driver's position in the cab and offset the additional seat to the rear of the cabin.

[@JaakkoIsWatching]

With the driver in the center in Tesla Semi, both sides are "bad" sides to back into. But that's what we have mirrors, cameras and talented drivers for.

[@MrStian78]

dumb idea

[@pinkelephants1421]

@@MrStian78 In what sense?

[@MrStian78]

@@pinkelephants1421 the guy above me said it.

[@pinkelephants1421]

@@MrStian78 Tesla went with the centrally placed steering & driving wheel position based on feedback from the trucking industry and their drivers along with many other features. It's partially why it's taken so long to get it past prototype & homologation stages to the point whereby they are now building the Semi mass production facility at Giga Nevada.

[@karlorf2023]

Its a really good thing for countries which don't have oil. Using electricity in transportation, creating work places domestically by building solar and wind plants u are uses your own resources and don't send this money outside. Its better for counties economy.

[@michaelmackey754]

Great video!

[@natehill8069]

Surprised theres not a standardized wireless rear view camera on trailers now.

[@Chobaca]

Driving electric trucks with your dog. What a dream life.

[@sammaimas155]

There must be quite a bit of drag with that big flat front of the truck.

[@Nicholas-f5]

It's a length reduction requirement, I learned

[@BrisbaneTeslaGuy]

The silence is deafening

[@wobblysauce]

Just like you said in another video, it is a mix of clean minimal buttons vs a button for each job so you don't need to look to press. The V8s don't need a DPF like some other brands that is why people love them.

[@johndoe1909]

great work! in my laymen opinion i would think the oppcharge approach with reverse pantograph would be very useful! and t😊hem installed at at onload/offload docks you would skip cables and stuff. and the connection would be 100% automated.

[@Nicholas-f5]

This or wireless underneath

[@WiSt990]

Kommentar und Like zur Unterstützung ✌️

[@Nicholas-f5]

Please also show lane keeping and other tech features 😊

[@a9503128]

You’re right it’s all about 2tonnes A-to-B but at what price per Kg per Km?

[@Y2Kvids]

Theoritically all Batteries can charge in 10minutes - 1 hour , No matter how big .

[@murdoch9106]

Volvo has been in the BEV truck game for much longer, they have been selling BEV trucks for years already, Scania just started getting them out on the roads very recently I believe. May have had a few test trucks in some places but dont think they have sold trucks to the wider public until now? I could be wrong. Volvo even have an BEV truck in the USA now.

[@CreRay]

Volvo has a higher overall market share in electric trucks than Tesla does in electric cars! A lot has happened in 2024 and Volvo is not in the lead anymore where it comes to range and installed capacity

[@bronkolie]

I am pretty sure modern electric motor controllers can choose to waste kinetic/electrical energy as heat rather than necessarily recuperating it. So as long as the motor has an adequate cooling system, it can function as a retarder even when the battery is full

[@Souchirouu]

I find range anxiety with electric such an odd thing. With electric you have a much more accurate estimation of how many miles/km's you have left compared to an ICE car. I think everyone knows that feeling when their combustion cars low fuel icon comes on.. it doesn't really tell you much of anything. It doesn't take in account for anything such as AC or other in vehicle systems, it doesn't track how much your driving is using.

[@stefanrus4723]

Is not taking all that in consideration because is not important. You have plenty of gas station all over the place and you can fill up in 5 minutes or 15 minutes for a truck

[@Nicholas-f5]

Are you able to share the truck map database? I bet it could help others and society!

[@electrictrucker]

The map is in the description of each video: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?entry=yt&ll=51.35447656874323%2C10.919616499999998&z=5&mid=1zReb703wQsGcRTTeI4jvXRuemYvVM3o

[@Nicholas-f5]

@electrictrucker Amazing, wow! 👏

[@cabovermike]

It looks like a new generation of truck drivers is upon us , but i cant see the older drivers embracing the electric revolution as much as you have , your taking to it well and doing a fantastic job to as a newbie to the transport industry,. The problems i see are the charging points out on the road being swamped with vehicles waiting to get on the chargers, germany seems to have a good charging infrastructure but i doubt other countries are as good, imagine being on 5% and going to the only charger available and there's another ev on charge in front of you, then you have to wait untill he has finished before you can charge, 45min charge for you turns into 90 minutes ,. This happens in uk with cars alot , ev trucks in uk are practically 0%, our service centres and truck parking are poor compared to germany,.You are doing a great job of promoting ev trucks and cars to be fair but if your company goes 100% ev trucks they will lose drivers, i'm old school (retired) now and for me ev isn't an option as i come from the petrol/diesel generation,. Have a look at "marc travels" on you tube, like you he's an ev hero and german, i do find the ev content interesting, cheers.

[@Nicholas-f5]

Dedicated truck stops are here/coming

[@DougGrinbergs]

6:51 bed, fridge behind seats

[@natehill8069]

Is the mandatory break only for you because you are a learner, or is it for all truckers?

[@Nicholas-f5]

Nationwide for all truckers

[@JakobFischer60]

Ich glaub die Engländer sagen regen oder Regeneration zur Recuperation. Denk ich zumindest.

[@SimonEllwood]

Regeneration is more common but Recuperation is fine too.

[@bloodynorahvan2203]

regen!

[@TassieEV]

My only comment would be don't forget the new truck charging standard as Bjorn introduced us to in Norway awhile ago now is the MCS(Megawatt Charging Standard) just need the charging infrastructure. CCS though will be good for smaller trucks but the long haul trucks the MCS standard will be better once the infrastructure is out there for charging. Mein einziger Kommentar: Vergessen Sie nicht den neuen Ladestandard für Lastwagen, den Bjorn uns vor einiger Zeit in Norwegen vorgestellt hat. Es handelt sich um den MCS (Megawatt Charging Standard), wir brauchen nur die Ladeinfrastruktur. CCS wird zwar für kleinere Lastwagen gut sein, aber für Langstrecken-Lkw wird der MCS-Standard besser sein, sobald die Ladeinfrastruktur vorhanden ist. (Google translate)

[@bbcooter388]

It is very interesting that the Scania is using 1kWh per kilometer, this is the same usage as the Tesla Semi. To me, this means that the Scania Engineers are TOP NOTCH. I don't know what the other manufacturers are getting regarding energy usage, but I doubt they are as efficient as the Tesla and Scania.

[@NicMediaDesign]

Please don't mix up kWh (battery usage) and kW (measurment of power)

[@bbcooter388]

@@NicMediaDesign fixed

[@RODI____]

The US semi limit is higher. 70 mph vs 50 mph.

[@sallerc]

@@RODI____ Yeah we need more information about the conditions (speed, temperature, load...) to make a fair comparison, but Scania consumption sounds promising. Tesla says it's Semi consumes 1.7 kWh/mi (1.1 kWh/km), but I don't remember the conditions behind those numbers.

[@USUG0]

should compare them in same conditions. In Europe trucks can travel at max 90km/h. In US, trucks travel mostly over 100. Even 130km/h

[@petter5721]

Funny thing is that Koenigsegg invented the 800V system for vehicles.

[@haraldmack6356]

👍👍👍

[@FS-bn2hq]

Staplerfahrer Tobias(Klaus)

[@PierreSimonsson]

do you do Voiceover in english and do the orignal video in German or do you do 2 separate Videos ?

[@Felix-st2ue]

He originally records in German. The English videos are cut different though.

[@PierreSimonsson]

@@Felix-st2ue thanks

[@tedspradley]

Love that sound of nothing!!

[@discgolfweiss3699]

gab es nich eine AI möglichkeit die deine videos automatisch in jede sprache übersetzt ?

[@WiSt990]

Ja gibt es, aber es würde komplett die Sympathie dieses Mannes flöten gehen. Ich glaube seine stimme bringt einen großen Mehrwert an Symphatiepunkten, vorallem bei gehässigen und grimmigen Elektrohassern.

[@jooptablet1727]

He is using that tool in this video.

[@WiSt990]

​@@jooptablet1727I think he once mentioned on the German channel that he speaks it himself in English. But I'm sure he'll answer here in the comments 😅✌️

[@discgolfweiss3699]

​@@jooptablet1727 hmm i thought it would be synchronized better. this feals for me to much as an overlay.

[@jooptablet1727]

@@WiSt990 would be good to see that!

[@anton_grahn]

Interior looks do old compared to the Volvo and especially the Tesla Semi! Will be cool when the Semi comes to Europe 😎

[@Aymericbaltat]

I love your material. I know it's most efficient to dub your content in English, but it would increase the quality of your videos tremendously if you recorded them in both English and German. It is difficult to watch as it is right now. Wish you all the best.

[@SimonEllwood]

I am guessing it is better this way as I am pretty sure it would be harder to get such clear and precise speech as a second language. The voice over is good and I guess they are adding the "miles" figures just for the English version.

[@T.Stolpe]

2.

[@USUG0]

bottom line you can't rely on Italians even if they do speak German! ;-P

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Personally i think this is a ridiculous idea, for long haul we need better infrastructures, overhead wires and pantographs on trucks so they only need small batteries to deliver off the highways, they can charge without stopping.. So much wasted energy carrying all that extra weight, governments need to get serious about putting in the necessary infrastructure to support green energy solutions,

[@sallerc]

Even with big batteries, it's still more efficient than ICE/diesel, since the diesel engine is only around 30% efficient vs. 90%+ for an electric motor. Transforming the energy into motion that is. One might say that it's kind of ridiculous wasting 70% of the diesel energy into heat ;-) Sure, better charging infrastructure would indeed be nice (and needed when there are more electric trucks on the roads), but as he shows here it's doable to get quite decent additional range from charing 45min on a 300kW+ charger on the Scania truck when he is require to have rest time anyway, and in a year or two we will hopefully start to get faster megawatt chargers and more capable electric trucks.

[@USUG0]

fun fact. In electric vehicles, weight doesn't greatly affects efficiency. Unless you gain significant elevation. Aerodynamics rules, followed by the efficiency of the drivetrain. For instance, a Tesla M3rwd is more efficient than a Dacia Spring despite being 800kg heavier. On paper, overhead wires on motorways seem a good idea. But not so sure its implementation is really cost effective, improves overall efficiency, and is fail safe. Battery technology is improving quickly.

[@SimonEllwood]

The EV truck infrastructure will need a lot of work for sure. There is not a lot of extra weight and solid state batteries in the mid-term will solve the weight and charging speed issue. What makes you think Battery Electric Trucks are a ridiculous idea? Did you watch the video.

[@danielstapler4315]

Battery technology is improving. We will have batteries that weigh 30% less in a few years.