As someone who used to run a small export business, I agree that this could be a good truck IF the overall costs are low for people like me and my business partner. Much of the goods that we receive have to be shipped from our premises to our freight forwarder or to the local airport and that is where this kind of truck could make a big difference.
Conventional trucks will continue to be used for long distance transportation until electric technology is advanced enough to compete with them, but for many small businessmen who use their own transportation for local deliveries, something like this could be a very good idea if the costs work out. In the end, how much (or to be precise, how little) the operating costs are would make the biggest difference to whether this becomes a hit or not.
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As someone who used to run a small export business, I agree that this could be a good truck IF the overall costs are low for people like me and my business partner. Much of the goods that we receive have to be shipped from our premises to our freight forwarder or to the local airport and that is where this kind of truck could make a big difference.
Conventional trucks will continue to be used for long distance transportation until electric technology is advanced enough to compete with them, but for many small businessmen who use their own transportation for local deliveries, something like this could be a very good idea if the costs work out. In the end, how much (or to be precise, how little) the operating costs are would make the biggest difference to whether this becomes a hit or not.