So if I read [1] right, some kind of average price for electricity used in the transport sector in the US as of September 2022 was 12.48 cents/kWh. That would mean that the 500-mile trip costs 500 * 1.5 * 12.48 / 100 = $93.6 in energy.
If that includes hauling tens of thousands of pounds of cargo, that sounds rather a lot like it would make transport powered by electricity commercially sane, right? Nice.
EDIT: I hadn't read the article much; it seems the current power value given is actually 1.7 kWh/mile, so that increased the price to 500 * 1.7 * 12.48 / 100 = $106.08. Not a huge increase, obviously.
So if I read [1] right, some kind of average price for electricity used in the transport sector in the US as of September 2022 was 12.48 cents/kWh. That would mean that the 500-mile trip costs 500 * 1.5 * 12.48 / 100 = $93.6 in energy.
If that includes hauling tens of thousands of pounds of cargo, that sounds rather a lot like it would make transport powered by electricity commercially sane, right? Nice.
EDIT: I hadn't read the article much; it seems the current power value given is actually 1.7 kWh/mile, so that increased the price to 500 * 1.7 * 12.48 / 100 = $106.08. Not a huge increase, obviously.