top | item 47165451 (no title) dinkblam | 4 days ago great article but the 44 tonne limit is not "physics", it is regulation. if an electric truck would be allowed to weigh 5 tonnes more all these calculations would be different. discuss order hn newest sokoloff|4 days ago The regulation is at least partially informed by physics though.Braking distances, road damage (scales with the fourth power of axle weight), bridge limits, etc.If the limit could safely and appropriately be 49 tons for diesel trucks right now, it probably would be.
sokoloff|4 days ago The regulation is at least partially informed by physics though.Braking distances, road damage (scales with the fourth power of axle weight), bridge limits, etc.If the limit could safely and appropriately be 49 tons for diesel trucks right now, it probably would be.
sokoloff|4 days ago
Braking distances, road damage (scales with the fourth power of axle weight), bridge limits, etc.
If the limit could safely and appropriately be 49 tons for diesel trucks right now, it probably would be.