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Originally Posted by cockerpunk

oh no, mechanics specializing in trucks are going to have to ... learn to work on trucks?

like there isnt anything new here. if toyota can train their techs and everyone else can work on prius' then there is no reason why a truck tech can't work on this.

i dont get it. why would you defend someone being **** at their job? "oh no, they will have to learn the new model year and how to work on it" worlds smallest violin playing.

I'm not defending anything.

You made the statement that hybrids have existed for 25 years like that means that semi mechanics should have 25 years of history working on hybrids. But if hybrid semis have never existed before and semi mechanics are unlikely to have ever worked on a prius or any other hybrid, then your statement is an invalid argument.

What the introduction of this technology that's new to semis (and probably implemented differently than on a passenger vehicle) means is that you may have a very limited number of folks that have gone out and gotten training on this new to the group technology, and the remainder of the mechanics are going to be trying to get up to speed on a system that's likely to be very alien and complex. For a time, it's probably going to be extremely difficult (and probably expensive) to get trucks with this new technology fixed on the side of the road by a mobile mechanic. In 25 or 10 years, it may be old hat so that everyone can do it, but that won't help the early adopters. Hopefully, they'll have factory support of some sort (I'm guessing these rigs won't be cheap, hopefully, they'll include support).