I have never studied any of the electric vehicles of any kind so consider me ignorant on the subject. With that being said, can anyone explain to me why an EV battery can't be charged while the EV is in motion? In my simple thinking mind, you should be able to generate current for a battery charge while the EV is in motion.
that's what the current hybrid cars do, they use a smaller engine, and a battery/charger/motor, so the battery powers the car for some miles until the engine turns on, then the engine and battery work together for higher power, then the engine charges the battery at cruising speed and braking. The physics gains nothing at steady state cruising from a hybrid setup, and loses from the weight and complexity, but the real world gains from the smaller engine (but really mostly from the other mods like tires, tuning etc.)
I'm definitely one that has changed opinion in the last three years as TS says. I'd buy an electric vehicle in a heartbeat, heck, I'd buy two. But I buy used vehicles, and it will be a long ways until they get to my price range, but I think they will someday, and they've reached the point where they will suit me fine. I don't care about more than even 20 miles of range, I have another vehicle for that, or 75% battery efficiency, still cheaper than other fuels. There are plenty of disposable vehicles sold new everyday, and many of them should be electric. What the govt subsidies should be is another question.
Whether Tesla sells one, or a thousand semis, they'll find homes like Crane Operator said, it won't and doesn't have to be OTR or logging. Would make more sense to make a toter for the distribution center first, but that's not where the headlines come from.