[Otter74]

A lot of y'all sound like old men sitting on your porches yelling at passers-by about EVs. They're happening whether you like it or not, and they're cleaner than IC engine transportation whether you like it or not. You talk about upstream pollution for EVs as if there wasn't also upstream pollution for gasoline propulsion.

Class 8 trucks, especially long-haul trucks, are a hard case. Realistically I see hydrogen fuel cell range extenders as a strong likelihood, but as far as batteries go, lithium-based power density is marginal because it's really difficult to package it acceptably within things like wheelbase limitations for Class 8 tractors. NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) batteries probably have more promise for that use case. Classes 6 and 7 are easier. I drove an International electric truck today (Class 6, dry van body) and it was very impressive.