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The response from other cybertruck owners? Calling FUD: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1g5sv5w
It costs money to run the diesel generator powering the charging station. A year ago there was a study on what it would require to have a typical truck stop for Tesla's electric semis. A 30MW generating capacity, with even a basic charging station using as much power as a town of 5000 people: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-14/tesla-s-electric-semis-are-coming-and-trucks-stops-aren-t-ready
Why the fuck are the charging stations running on diesel joke of a country joke of an electrical grid
the vast majority of them are grid-only. Some large stations apparently have used diesel supplementary power for when lots of cars are charging at the same time in the past, and there's no way to be 100% sure they don't still do it, but I have seen no evidence they do. It's still dumb they did that like, ever, but not as bad as he made it out to be
It's an energy density thing, it takes a shitload of electricity to charge something huge to run very far, that's why petrol has such a grip on things. In a rational system you could create some sort of predictable, low-friction road where economies of scale could let you transport large amounts of freight and people quickly with less power, but car-brain hasn't come up with a solution yet. You either need massive capacity to accommodate all the electric trucks on demand, or a long wait to let them charge at a manageable rate.
Or you could just
Is that a train chad emoji? Hexbear you spoil us!
They run diesel generators? Lol would be funny if cubertrucks are emitting more CO2 normal trucks.
its a misconception. They did do so at one location that I've seen citations for, a very large installation in socal that presumably needed more power than the grid could provide without upgraded infrastructure nearby, and supposedly they upgraded that one and haven't done so in years.
The vast vast majority are definitely just running off the grid but someone seems to have started a rumor that all the big transformer cabinets around the stations are actually housing generators.