I took a ride in UPS's first all-electric semi truck
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- UPS has taken delivery of its first all-electric semi-truck and put it into service at its Compton, California facility. Rich DeMuro takes a ride in the new truck, a Freightliner eCascadia, which will be used to move items across shorter distances from warehouse to warehouse.
Be sure to let us know how their freight is affected this summer when the rolling blackouts happen. I'd like to know what kind of downtime these trucks experience.
California has plenty of electricity, the rolling blackouts happen in areas where the electrical infrastructure is old and not capable to handle large usage. As number of EVs are increasing so is the infrastructure being upgrade. Places like those facilities already likely have most modern electrical infrastructure. Also such truck likely consumes small fraction of electricity they already use to run the facility.
@@tkd128california electric lines were causing forest fires because they were so old and not up to date, so what the hella are you talking about trying to make it seem California is just so ahead of other places, they aren't.
@@pattycarljackson Those fires are traced to maintenance failures of a single company (PG&E). Currently 1 in 4 new cars old in California are ZEVs and the peak energy usage from EVs is 1%. It is estimated that by 2030 this will increase to 5% of total energy usage.
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the cart belongs behind the horse of course. jb and commrads cant or wont realize this. It will bite them in the butt.
I’m not going to miss semi trucks waking me up at 2 am
00:25 “no radiator water” as he’s looking @ coolant bottle 😂
thats probably an air conditioning condenser for the drivers cab compartment youre seeing but perhaps you'd rather it be driverless and make another truck driver homeless
@@unknownuserbutnotabuser I don’t understand your comment 🤔
@@xgreasexmonkey5506 study basic internal combustion engine vehicle mechanical systems then get back to me in a couple years
@@unknownuserbutnotabuser um I’m a ASE master tech
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Sure will miss the sound of Jake brake in the morning ! 😮
Don't worry won't take long to see that short miles and have to recharge they'll be running back to diesel 😅 those electric trucks will be only good for local watch what I tell you
If I never hear another jake brake it will be too soon!
@hellhound6598 they have a range of 500 miles and many truck routes are perfectly fine with that. I know you may be dum, but learn a little :)
At least I won’t get woke up in 4 am💀
@@hellhound6598 Wont need a jake brake anyways!
More rolling blackouts!! Lol
But don't worry your liberal Gavin has it all figured out
Nah, my man conservative Elon has it figured out. His Super Chargers don’t pull from the grid during the day, has solar producing almost free electricity so he can resell at 40x profit. That’s American capitalism.
Nah, Big companies they use solar to power their trucks. That is what one sanitation company is doing for their trucks. Like how y'all like to complain lol
nope
theres climate change deniers, and theres common sense deniers.
Key phrase: short distances. It will only move from warehouse to warehouse in the city. It's still a long, long road ahead for the electrification of interstate freight hauling. Politicians make it seem as if the technology was there already.
which ones? pretty sure all of them are treating it as a new technology to support OTR trucks. It makes a ton of sense to remove diesel burning vehicles from urban areas to reduce pollution. You are being a luddite.
tesla semi already has range
politicians aint the problem its protestors that dont wanna change how theyre livin
It's not only that they will never outlive a diesel-powered semi
Warehouse to warehouse? What's the point of that? It may reduce complaints from neighborhoods where massive new construction of warehouses increased traffic noise. Electric trucks could ease that problem.
Lmao i give it a month before it gets tagged
still rolling a year later
Newsflash! Your mail will be late...🤔
Newsflash! Most people receive emails... Welcome to the 21 century.
@@PyroShields Well, Mr. High School, what do you wish to be when you grow up? Actually, to correct you, most people now receive text messages.
Doofus, bank statements, bills, etc come through email and not texts.
@@PyroShields Like I said, your mail will be late. What the heck would you know about paying bills anyway...smh.
@@BillBarber1957 What mail I already told you most of it comes through emails.
But still can’t afford A/C in their delivery trucks. What a joke
They can afford a/c. And it is in all of the big rig tractors. It's just a dumb idea for the package cars. If you've ever delivered, the door is open and you're outside more than you're inside. It would be like driving around your personal vehicle with all the windows down, a/c blasting. It will never stay cool.
Wouldn't all electric be great for their household delivery trucks? Seems like stop-and-go is hard on a combustion engine for both wear and MPG. I guess the challenge always becomes range.
Perfect for city transportation. No noise pollution
No vibration and maneuvers easier than engine trucks.
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That feeder belly just gets me all the time ..can't wait to see the first vid of a ups feeder driver asleep while the truck drives itself 🤣
I wonder How many child slaves had to mine the materials to make those trucks.
Probably the same amount for your phone and your computer.
That facility is off of central near rosecrans tams
That’s the problem with anything electric you don’t get far.
We’re at the first stages of evo vehicles, the door just opened for more development and gov agency to invest. our first cars we had in the early 1900s-1960s were 10-15mpg
right. and we have a long way to go.
How far did gas cars go when they first hit the market?
There's still plenty that don't go far right now.
300 miles on my Tesla no problem.
300 miles on my Tesla no problem.
Batteries lose charge in colder temps
And for that you get 250 miles we’ll figure that number will drop in cold winters and say your out on the road and boom your stuck on some pass out west or in a winter storm and your down with no power to keep you warm
I think this is going to be a huge mistake
It is watch they,ll be running back to diesel fuel 😅 and besides they make too much money taxes us on gas and fuel ppl really think the combustion engine is going somewhere.. fools 😂
40% alternative fuel does not mean 40% electric. Natural Gas is considered an "alternative fuel"
It’s going to be pretty much useless. 200 mile range.
If that
Actually ups has a lot of jobs that go less than 200 miles. A large city like LA has lots of warehouses that ups uses. Plus customers they pick up and deliver with trailers. Not to mention railroad trailers that have to be moved around. But they'll keep using diesels for long trips.
Y'all act like you are experts. They are not going to invest money in buying trucks if it's not worth it. Common sense lacks in the comments.
and you thought shipping rates were,were exorbitant. huh. just wait. no one at ups is taking a salary cut.
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@@davidmoser3535 got names?
Boycott UPS , now your delivers will take longer to receive.
what a stupid comment.
If they require less maintenance they're will be less break downs and better service. Weather affects service speed more.
@Alej that's how ups started with natural gas about 10 years ago. Now they're all over the place. Diesel still rules the long routes though.
I didn't see him shifting the gears. Does it have a gear shift or a CVT transmission?
Single gear transmission.
all handle with the motors.
The motors are mounted on the rear axles
Emotor is linear torque, max torque at any RPM so no transmission needed in this case.
1 speed
That truck can improve range with better aero
True.
Actually it's only about 100miles
I’m a trucker in a diesel powered freightliner and I do not approve of this electric truck
Don’t believe the hype
Drive one and you'll change your mind just like everyone else.
Pssshhhhh,,, don’t let the fuelers forget to charge a truck before the next drivers shift - an hour and a half.
Why couldn’t the entire roof of that trailer be converted into about 30 KW worth of solar power to assist the batteries
Short hauls are constantly going from hub to hub, customer pick up, etc so not necessary. One truck at ups is normally used for 2 jobs. Will be recharged between jobs with those super chargers.
@@69ztang I was thinking for modifying range for longer runs in the future, it’s what I do with my prototypes , range extension and off grid applications. Almost like carrying the charger with you on good sunny days. No down / charge time.
You would need a dedicated trailer for that. UPS handles thousands of trailers so it would be too expensive. Maybe in the future once they get more trucks in the fleet.
thanks UPS YAY GO UPS and THANK YOU KTLA it's all good as long as the power doesnt die out there keep that in mind
Child slaves mine the materials to make those trucks. Lol yah way to go!
@@midnightsmoker3767 proof? link it
Good luck
😆 🤣 😂 😹 they are not clean ! LOL 😆
you dont know trucks
It's all about dollars and cents. As diesel fuel gets more and more expensive, corporations won't be able to ignore the cost savings of going electric. Were talking tens of millions of dollars in savings for a big fleet like UPS.
Shell has invested money in power chargers. Volta charges are produced by Shell.
Electric crap
The only drawback I see besides range is the long wheelbase. Lots of tight spaces at ups warehouses. They'll be better than CNG and LNG tractors.
What is the carbon footprint of an EV fire?
What's the carbon footprint of the coal being burned to produce the electricity?
What is the carbon footprint in an oil spill on the ocean?
@@PyroShields Betting its allot less than the carbon foot print of all the jets attending the G20 and G7 summits. per year. It is also way less than all the Chinese freighters crossing the ocean.
@@gonefishing2012 Haven't you heard they already started making Electric planes.
@@PyroShields Yep I have one lol
With trucks, we all could use a little info on transmissions and torque curves...
EV's don't have transmission doofus.
The eCascadia uses a pair of motors mounted directly to the drive axles. I don't know what the torque specs are, but they get up and go much quicker than comparable diesels.
cummins diesel got caught with defeat device. must pay 1.6billion usd
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL LOSE Their Job DUE TO THIS TO UNREALISTIC NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT ELECTRIC VEHICLE LAW. IN NY. WE WILL HAVE TO SELL ONE ELECTIC TRUCK IN ORDERR TO BE ABLE TO SELL 10 DIESEL TRUCKS. THE TOWN I LIVE IN CAN NOT SUPPORT ELECTRIC CHARGING. SMALLER TRUCK DEALERS WILL NOT SURVIVE THIS TRANSITIONS THAT IS FORCED ON THEM. IT SHOULD BE A CHOICE! SAD AND CRAZY...
This amazing
its a publicity stunt for joey and commrads.ahead of the state of the union.
No it's not.
Lots of engineering experts in the comments are against this. LOL.
UPS IS WAY BEHIND, where I work at we been having the electric truck 2 years ago , we have the VOLVO
The truck in this video is one of the very first production eCascadias. They got one as early as they could.
If you think this pollutes less, that's rather ignorant. Look at the pollution and process from mining everything needed to build the truck and look at the fossil fuel pollution from power plants used to charge that truck. It's not doing the world any favors. The only thing it helps with is being quieter. That's literally the ONLY advantage. WAY Less range and long recharge times will lead to freight flow issues as well as lack of recharge infrastructure. And right now there's currently a parking problem for semi trucks as it is, you think trying to add this infrastructure and charging points are going to solve that? No it's just gonna make it worse. The average electric truck can only go 150 to 300 miles on a charge. That's not even half a work shift. The average diesel truck can go 800 to 1300 miles on a tank. It takes about 5 minutes to refuel diesel. It takes 8 to 10 hours to fully recharge an electric truck.
EV's are the future. Cry harder.
@@PyroShields ev's are worse than gas and diesel pollution. Don't be so ignorant
@@rcrocker02 You've been inhaling too much of those diesel fumes.
@@PyroShields😂😂😂
@@rcrocker02EV’s are taking over. It is inevitable boomer 😈
They can't even get a regular mechanic out to you in a timely manner imagine how long to get a electric mech out to you
Just don't see how y'all going to recycle those batteries, when they don't work anymore. Y'all already mining the Congos like crazy,
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Who actually has a brain 🧠 that actually works?🤔
All this electric is dumb it will never be as efficient as gasoline.
Norway 60% of their vehicles are EV's. We are way behind.
@@PyroShields guess they dont go on many road trips
@@JeffRogers99 How do you know do you live there?
@@PyroShields a 15 minute charge is longer than a 40 second fill up and most households have more than 1 car have fun this idiocy.
@@JeffRogers99 You know by 2030 you won't be able buy an ICE vehicle as they will be banning them. Whatcha going to do? Moan lol.
I’m gonna be honest that driver who says that that freightliner drives like a Tesla I guarantee you he’s never driven a Tesla truck never
Maybe not, but the eCascadia certainly doesn't drive like a diesel.
This is why California keeps losing power all the trucks are just sucking all the juice up 😂
Total joke - Electric is not the answer....
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What about all the emissions to mine lithium copper zinc and everything for the batteries way more harmful than a fuel burning vehicle 😅
Where is your source of information?
@PyroShields dude. Look up how battery's are made. Look at all the big diesel equipment it takes to get the material for 1 car battery. Maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal if our eletricity came from clean sorces like damns that make water spin turbins or windemeals, something! But the overwhelming majority of our electricity comes from coal and oil, that's way worse for the environment dude. There's no catalic converter on a powerplant. Very dirty
@@ac60hz120 Look up how oil gets here and what happens when there is a spill. It takes decades to clean our oceans up. Far worse. Before EV's they said to the public you need to change your ways, nobody did and pollution kept on increasing.
@@PyroShields lot of oil spills in the Atlantic. Ocean has fully recovered after just a few days. What about coal suit and oil suit being released into the atmosphere raining down on everyone
@@ac60hz120 It doesn't take a few days. I'm not sure where you come up with this stuff. My point is before EV's they said we have to stop using fossil fuel because we are destroying the planet.
Ok,,,,,,, but it's not TESLA.